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  Steve is right.  We are talking about the "wire grip" and not the "cable
end 'b' nut" which appear on the same page in ACS (151).  I would only use
a threaded end (with a rod end on that) for throttle, mixture and prop. Even if some have been able to get them aligned and tightened properly so
they have had no failure to date, it is just not something I would feel
real confident about.  There is definitely a history of failure with wire
grip attachments.    I do in fact have a cable end "b" nut on my cabin heat and have had no
failures with it.   My wire grip failure was not at an exterior bend into the grip but
inside the grip...a failure to make sufficient contact on the wire or a
break of the wire.    Richard Helms

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