There you go. For those of you, like I, that always thought it was just a friggin' cable. Zoom in. Highly educational. The plastic slug (last photo?) on the end of the steel bar is a stop that fetches up against the boom end fitting inside. I wanted to flush the inside of the boom and service everything. The bushing that holds the block the cable rides on at boom end has to be carefully drifted out. Don't monkey it up. At this point, I see no need to take off the gooseneck end of the boom. There's nothing else in there except a wasp nest. I'll flush it out, dry it, sand the outside surfaces that will be painted, etch it with white vinegar, wipe it with a clean cloth, tape stuff off, tack rag the shit out of it and lay on a coat of Petit epoxy barrier coat primer. Sand it smoothish and lay on a coat of Epifanes 2 part linear polyurethane in either white white or cream. Probably white. End fittings will get carefully cleaned and primed likewise and spray finished with an automotive ceramic paint, being careful not to get anything on the boom mating surfaces. Spreaders will get done in the garage at the same time, since the damn rain keeps beating me.
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