Grinding down 964 sunroof cables

[ladam]

I bought new 964 sunroof cables for 1981 911 SC. I know that I need to grind/file down the top and bottom of the ends to make them fit in the original guides and I was wondering if anyone had measured the thickness of the cables after grinding them down or had a photo of what it looked like when done correctly. My original plastic ones have shattered and disintegrated so I have no measurement reference.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[brianlay]

Sorry I didn't take a photo of the results after grinding. For me it was just grind and test fit until it worked.

[Balisong]

Same

[john walker's workshop]

And all the fuzz needs to be removed. Fun. No lube on reassembly. Clean and dry.

[ladam]

Here is what mine looked like after filing if anyone is curious. The one piece of information that I didn't see written anywhere else was that my cables had large burs on the end of the coils that I needed to take down as well for them to fit in the guides.