What is this silver piece on cable clamp pilers?

[NewShockerGuy]

Wanted to pick up a set of cable actuated clamp pliers. It came with a silver piece that has a small hole in it and is threaded.

I looked on Sears and couldn't find any information on it. Looks like a cable would go through it but both ends are crimped on the tool...

Sorry for a blurry picture in one of them.

What is this for?

-Nigel

 

[redwrench60]

It's a repair piece for when the crimped end of the cable in your 4th pic is eventually wears out and fails. That's where all the stress is.

 

[NewShockerGuy]

Awesome! Glad I didn't throw it out then. Thank you

Safe to assume that when the part breaks I simply put the cable in the hole and then screw the other part in as far as it will go. Kinda like a setscrew does but in this case it's against the cable?

-Nigel

 

[redwrench60]

Awesome! Glad I didn't throw it out then. Thank you

Safe to assume that when the part breaks I simply put the cable in the hole and then screw the other part in as far as it will go. Kinda like a setscrew does but in this case it's against the cable?

-Nigel

Yeah you got it. Just gather up the cable strands and feed them through the little hole then apply set screw to trap cable.