How strong is a hand swaged aluminum cable stop?

[Rasputin]

You have to unwind the cable ends as best you can, then bend them over about 90 degrees or more and then pour the solder or babbit into the space you have. I have pulled thousands of pounds in the oilfield doing that exact thing.

[dbeardslee]

Nope........but this case is steel to steel.

No, it's aluminum to steel. The cable stop is made out of aluminum and the cable is made out of steel. So it would seem soldering is not an option. Which brings me back to crimping multiple stops instead of just one. Got any thoughts on that?

[motoman]

Can you solder aluminum to steel?

Nope........but this case is steel to steel.

[dbeardslee]

Or how 'bout this. What if I crimped several stops butted up against each other? It would be stronger, right?

[dbeardslee]

Before I bought a hydraulic crimping tool I'd squash the new cable stop in place, then hit it with a propane torch and solder it.

But like I said, now I have a hydraulic crimping tool so I'd crimp the new cable stop in place, then hit it with a propane torch and solder it.

Can you solder aluminum to steel?

[3Phase]

Before I bought a hydraulic crimping tool I'd squash the new cable stop in place, then hit it with a propane torch and solder it.

But like I said, now I have a hydraulic crimping tool so I'd crimp the new cable stop in place, then hit it with a propane torch and solder it.

[dbeardslee]

Maybe this will help. This shows the cables I'm diddling with - labeled "rear cables." Problem is one has about 2" more cable going to the equalizer, which gets the equalizer crooked, and it's not applying the same force to each cable. My thinking is to cut the longer cable and crimp a new cable stop that's more even with the other cable. But will a hand crimped cable stop take the force?

[dbeardslee]

Long story short - I need to shorten an e-brake cable on my Jeep, and I was thinking of cutting it down and hand swaging a new cable stop. The cable I have has a swaged cable stop on it, but who knows how much pressure was used to install it, and I'm limited to what I can do with a 24" hand swager.

So does anybody have any idea how strong a hand swaged cable stop on a 1/8" steel cable is? It needs to withstand the pull of the emergency brake handle without slipping off the end, and this e-brake requires pretty much force for it to work.