If it was me and money was tight, I’d grab this from ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/312731529462?itmmeta=01J02HCYANV144DC5AP10WCTDY
$10.98 - free shipping - coming from CA which means it’s straight off the boat from China but the original Cub Cadet part was probably made in China. Seller has 99.8% positive feedback and that’s out of 27,000 + ratings.
If you don’t do online shopping, just find a local mower shop and see what they want for a 946-04618C deck control cable. Or find someone who does ebay and have them grab the $10.98 cable.
An OEM cable is probably a little better, even if OEM and aftermarket are both China. The OEM cable was sold to mower companies but the China aftermarket scene is a bit of a free for all and they probably cut corners with no USA based company to deal with. The US based company just designs a new model and the last model becomes obsolete. Just the way of the world now thanks to fedgov’s free trade open to China.
I’ve got a 1970 Sears Suburban Garden Tractor, two speed with 4 gears so 8 speed technically. The thing will pull a full size truck around or mow the lawn. Sears carried parts for 3 decades and they were made in the USA. It all thoroughly disgusts me.
Ah thanks! I’m so freaking busy this week I hadn’t even had time to check further, since my last post.
I’ve made hundreds of purchases on eBay, so, no problem with “process”. :-)
Yes, quality from China is a crapshoot, but this thing should hold up for at least a summer, and maybe with the broken assy. out, I can conjure up a “better than new”, find a lightly used part, etc.
Thanks again!
All the feedback for this particular part from this seller looks good too. Granted, none is after a few years of use.
Likely problems are the same sort of break (material fatigue / poor material) and corrosion of the cable and it’s sheath (hit ‘em often with anti-corrosion lubricant.)
Ordering tonight. :-)
We need import tariffs badly. A 20% import tariff would be a good start.