Well Cougsfan, you are so right It took about 5-6 hours to put it all back together! I still have to reinstall floor plates and misc items I took off to access the hyd. pump and cable connections A lot of it, is having the right tools some are to short some are to long for every bolt, nut, hex screw, socket extensions, and very short sockets, some are just to big to get in tight places!. A lot of my time was finding a lot of tools I don't usually use. Several things are different about the cables I got a joystick / cable assembly (TA00035125A) Branson Genuine Part made by Kukje Machinery 1. The cables are much heavier duty, Thus a bigger diameter and stiffer. They are the same exact length as I think original that I removed, and the joystick mounts perfectly. One negative is the length of the 1/2" diameter threaded portion of both cables that connects to the pump adapters. The Large threads are quite a bit shorter than on the original cable. After setting the Large nut to the same length as the original bottom cable, I noticed the bottom adapter had unscrewed completely off the threaded part of the cable. I had to loosen it from the pump part way to get it to thread back on. I then couldn't get the right measurement of my previous cable adjustment. I looked at my joystick and it was obviously cocked to the right of center. I had my wife monitor it and I screwed the adapter until the joystick was centered and wasn't feeling "stiff" any more. Just so happens it was very close to the measurement of the top cable. It was about a 1/4" to 3/8" difference Than my other cable measurement and I was worried about it.
2. don't tighten the first adapter you put on down tight. After I did, I couldn't get the screws into the 2nd adapter as I couldn't get the 2nd adapter ring in flat to the pump. there is very little clearance of the top and bottom adapter rings to each other. Start all the Hex screws about 1/2 way first
That's about it, I crawled out and spent 2 hours looking for the key LOL, started it up and everything works great. Its strange the original top cable measurement was 18/32" and the bottom was 26/32" Now they are real close to the top original measurement. But, that suggests to me that both adapter are not screwed onto the threaded part of the cable as much as the other cable. I wish I had measured the length of the threaded section of the new cables but didn't. I hope that doesn't bite me in the future.
I'll post a few pics I took of the way the cables hook to the pistons when I get a few extra minutes. Hope this helps someone in the future!
Sorry if my descriptions are hard to understand, as others have said its not easy to do so. Especially without documentation.
Thanks every one for all the help!
Ron
