Braided steel cable in main gear wheel wells

[dc0341]

Hello, would like help to identify a steel braided cable.  The plastic coating has come off in some areas and it looked like it was painted over when plane was repainted.  Located in the left and right wing wheel well of both mains.  It is circled in red. Thank you.   

[IvanP]

Possibly speedbrake cables if your plane has the older vacuum operated ones. Where does it go in the belly?

Edited August 4 by IvanP

[rklems]

That is definitely the vacuum driven speedbrake cable

[dc0341]

10 hours ago, IvanP said:

Possibly speedbrake cables if your plane has the older vacuum operated ones. Where does it go in the belly?

Yes, I do have vacuum speed brakes.  It goes towards center of fuselage and towards the general area where speed brakes are located on the wings.

[IvanP]

If your speedbrakes are still working, you may consider lubing the inside of the cables with some TriFlow to prevent brakes from sticking. To the best of my knowledge, Precise Flight no longer offers repacement parts for vaccum speedbrakes and replacement cables may be hard to find if yours are damaged beyond repair. You may need to have them cutom fabricated. Of course, there is the option to upgrade to electric speedbrakes for more than 10 AMUs.