Came up totally empty on the Internet searching for a video or even a description of how to replace this cable - so had to go blind into it. The top end of the cable installation is pretty easy to figure out. The trick, if you wanna call it that, is that to get into the lower end of the cable installation (under the engine) you have to have the mower on its side and remove the blade and the black plastic housing just above it (more than I had bargained for when I ordered the replacement cable, which comes with no directions at all). Two 1/2" nuts and you have the blade off; two hex-head 3/8" screws and you can just snap off the plastic housing. (Hint: The square, black plastic block holding the metal sleeve on the cable? Don't loosen it all the way cuz it's a bear putting back on. It's just a press-fit to hold the sleeve, so loosen it just enough to push the sleeve out of the block and then using a screwdriver pry the slot open enough for the cable itself to slide out.) Sounds pretty simple, huh? Unless, of course, you're going into it blind :)
The video is for a Brake Cable Replacement part 115 8437 not for a Brake Cable Replacement part 115 8439. The 8439 connects to the brake underneath the motor behind a plastic housing as stated in the write up. This video is miss leading if you are replacing a 8439 cable
A vid that might help....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh4Vmi7xqTs
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Jody Brown's description works. I would add that the two hex-head 3/8 screws/bolts to be able to remove the plastic housing, are located on the TOP side of the mower, between the bag and the motor, as you look down on the mower, as if to mow the lawn.
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