Control cable or push/ pull cable.  Usually solid wire instead of stranded cable.

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> On Dec 2, 2013, at 14:05, "greentabe-vanagon@yahoo.com" <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> I am looking for the correct terminology here:
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> You know the heater and vent cables?  They are flexible sheathed rods that can both push and pull.  By contrast a sheathed cable like a bike brake cable can only pull - if you push on it it will buckle.
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> What is the name of either a sheathed rod that can push and pull, or a sheathed cable with a rod on the end, again for both pushing and pulling?
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> Thanks!
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> t johnson/90MV
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