Thank you for your response, Eugene. If you can enlarge the photo above, it appears that the upper end of the spring is broken; the powder coating is missing. That is the end I was thinking was missing and wondering about it's anchoring.
I re-examined the photo of the cable on e-replacements site this morning and see that the spring is a component of the cable. I could not see it (for some reason) prior to posting my question. Myopia may be the answer after all.
I hate open ended and dead threads when searching for info. I therefore will post again once the cable arrives and I've completed the repair.
Thank you for your response, Eugene. If you can enlarge the photo above, it appears that the upper end of the spring is broken; the powder coating is missing. That is the end I was thinking was missing and wondering about it's anchoring.
I re-examined the photo of the cable on e-replacements site this morning and see that the spring is a component of the cable. I could not see it (for some reason) prior to posting my question. Myopia may be the answer after all.
I hate open ended and dead threads when searching for info. I therefore will post again once the cable arrives and I've completed the repair.