OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Victa Lawn Mower Frames Victa 550 - motor change??

try hanging the cable , drip wd into it or make a small cup out of a thing called plastcine i think its called not sure of spelling on that one cup around the top of it and fill with wd crc or the like , dont cut cables that do a specific job as they are a correct length inner and outer .
yeh trim throttle cables but not those , the fit into brackets at both ends so to shorten will make it tight outer , stressed inner (like me) we gotta keep sharp things away ?

vccomm can you please expand on the subject of the siezing of old cables as i have a few and was going to put them all in a bucket of petrol too soak?

try diesel it penetrates better didnt ever free up a cable on your bike when a kid ? platsicine is sort of playdough , but today i think its been classed as unsafe .
find something like it if you can , at the top of outer cable when its hanging (from a door,gutter, a tall slow moving kid ) make a little cup type thing out of t , mould it to the outer cable so penetrene wd diesel crc wil soak into the inner of it , then just ease it slowly sometimes or most times it will free up work it untill its nice and free keep it lubed .
soak for as long as it takes , most times it has worked

if the cable inner is moving freely, then 1" movement should be fine.....as vc has said , never cut a specific cable, it will never work! if it's not moving freely just free it up as suggested.
by pulling the lever your engaging a clutch in the gearbox, so not much travel needed.
put the blues back on , breath deep and it will all be ok...ok.ok

diesel and auto trans fluid - used that mix to unseize engines a few times. The Diesel penetrates and the ATF lubricates ...

WD40 has worked on cables plenty of times too. Just need to be patient and persistent.

Good luck!

Pete.

I am not going to do anything on it tonight,
paint fumes got me.

But I do have a surprise for y'all. he he ...