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On my mom's lawnmower, the end of the drive cable snapped. Its an older machine so if one snapped, the other is probably close. So I was going to replace both. But I was looking at this today.

So the cable that snapped is the one with the spiral housing around it. if you unbolt this clamp, you can see how that cable and housing would come right out.
But the OTHER cable is the throttle cable. It also has stoppers embeded on both ends of the cable. So how on earth do you replace that cable? It appears to be permanently threaded through that cable clamp in a way that can't be removed. Well you could remove it easy enough just by snipping the cable, but you wouldn't be able to install a new cable.

So the cable that snapped is the one with the spiral housing around it. if you unbolt this clamp, you can see how that cable and housing would come right out.
But the OTHER cable is the throttle cable. It also has stoppers embeded on both ends of the cable. So how on earth do you replace that cable? It appears to be permanently threaded through that cable clamp in a way that can't be removed. Well you could remove it easy enough just by snipping the cable, but you wouldn't be able to install a new cable.