How hard is the cable to cut?
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One time, my child lost the key to her bike lock and I needed to take a hacksaw to school to cut the lock cable. That cable was 5/16" thick and it took me about 20 minutes to hacksaw through it. This cable is more like 3/16" thick so I would guess that you could hacksaw through it in about 10 minutes. The cable is stainless-steel stranded cable similar to what is used to hold up the mast on a small sailboat. A pair of cable-cutters would probably make short work of it.As a deterrent, it will be good against snatch-and-grab opportunistic thieves. It won't help much against a determined thief with tools. Your better course of action in that case is to have locking hard luggage that keeps your valuables out of sight. One time, my child lost the key to her bike lock and I needed to take a hacksaw to school to cut the lock cable. That cable was 5/16" thick and it took me about 20 minutes to hacksaw through it. This cable is more like 3/16" thick so I would guess that you could hacksaw through it in about 10 minutes. The cable is stainless-steel stranded cable similar to what is used to hold up the mast on a small sailboat. A pair of cable-cutters would probably make short work of it.As a deterrent, it will be good against snatch-and-grab opportunistic thieves. It won't help much... » Read More One time, my child lost the key to her bike lock and I needed to take a hacksaw to school to cut the lock cable. That cable was 5/16" thick and it took me about 20 minutes to hacksaw through it. This cable is more like 3/16" thick so I would guess that you could hacksaw through it in about 10 minutes. The cable is stainless-steel stranded cable similar to what is used to hold up the mast on a small sailboat. A pair of cable-cutters would probably make short work of it.As a deterrent, it will be good against snatch-and-grab opportunistic thieves. It won't help much against a determined thief with tools. Your better course of action in that case is to have locking hard luggage that keeps your valuables out of sight. « Show Less
1112844
I consider the lock as a casual theft deterrent. Most cables can be easily cut with cable cutters.
2237598
I doubt it, it is not a cutting device. It is made to crimp heavy duty cable terminals.
831656
Yes, I change without cut the cable just is tricky but can be done, any way find the way to connect it again
627691
Not difficult at all, the directions in the packaging explain how to do it. It took me maybe 5 minutes tops to do it.
663429
J.A.,No you cannot cut the cable! Per page 15 of the owners's manual, the length cannot be changed in any way....
1426556
Actually the extra wire on the end is cut off its just easier to get it right that way I'd recommend getting their official crimping tool as for higher cross talk or impedance I'm not sure about that as I think it's related to whatever cable you get but either I highly recommend this product generally you can find it in youtube how this process is done
2025957
It is hard rubber but should be easy enough to cut with a box knife or utility scissors.
853467
Oops... I did the same thing. This is a dumb device - with a mechanical memory - only knowing 1 combination. I ended up cutting the cable. - Good news, it's a good lock - it was difficult to cut. I replaced with a number lock - I can remember -better. Sorry, Jim
1334321
YES - However tool is not easy to use - you can cut and waste a lot of cable if not careful - I use it to score the outer jacket only - I tried both # 5 & 6 cable - hope this helps - I cannot overstress the "be careful" part - you may have limited cable to work with
1146836
Yes. A sharp carpet knife will work for cutting the cord cover to fit the space.
2242741
I have already cut mIne to fit my height so I couldn't tell you exactly the Length of the cable because I don't remember how much I've cut off sorry.
97264
I've done a similar thing - cutting the ends off a premade cable and replacing with the connectors I want, simply because it was cheaper to hack the connectors off the premade cable than to buy bulk cable. It's easy enough to do
1334320
YES - However tool is not easy to use - you can cut and waste a lot of cable if not careful - I use it to score the outer jacket only - I tried both # 5 & 6 cable - hope this helps -I cannot overstress the "be careful" part - you may have limited cable to work with
146446
Cable is 15 ft. You cannot trim because it changes the radio wave length. Which will put radio out of tune and burn up the radio.
887601
Yes, it is recommended to cut with a bicycle cable cuttter, but if you have a hacksaw and are careful you can cut with the cable housing and then file the end smooth.
344380
The cable is thin steel with plastic covering. You will need decent wire cutters to trim the ends to your size.
783606
its easier to just use u-claps that squeezes the cable together after you loop it to get the lenght you need and just hang the rest on the hook at apposdite of the spring just in cas you need to move it and you end up needing more lenght thats what i did.otherwise you need a real good pair of bolt cutters to cut it and it can be tough