Patent ID: 8245379

Claim:
A method of assembling a motion transmitting cable assembly comprising the steps of, in combination: securing an end of a conduit to a conduit abutment fitting; providing a guide tube comprising a main member secured to the conduit abutment fitting and a separate extension member connectable to the main member for longitudinally extending from the main portion opposite the conduit abutment fitting; extending a rod of a core attachment into and through the extension portion of the guide tube; extending a core through the conduit, through the conduit abutment fitting, and into and through the main member of the guide tube; joining and end of the core extending from the main member of the guide tube to an end of the rod of the core attachment extending from the extension portion of the guide tube; and securing the extension portion of the guide tube to the main portion of the guide tube to extend the length of the guide tube and cover the joint between the core and rod of the core attachment with the extension portion of the guide tube so that the core and the rod of the core attachment longitudinally move relative to and within the extension portion of the guide tube when the core is longitudinally moved relative to and within the conduit and the conduit end fitting.