I remember when I first joined this site, back in 07, there were a number of broken cables reported, stock and Barnett, not many lately. My 9 is and '07 as well, I replaced mine with a Barnett 2" over stainless with teflon coated cable, the ferrels on each end have a little ball pivot attached to the cable, that sits inside the ferrel, and has been bullet proof for me, and I carry the stock cable in the bag as a spare. To quote an old movie..... GREASE is the word !!......Every year, I remove the ends, wipe, and liberally grease with wheel bearing grease, this also gives me a chance to inspect = gain confidence, for the new year. It's a bit of a pain on the engine end, I like to pull the support bracket bolt, to give me more room to flex the cable. So stock or not, grease that sucka ! Use a Q tip to shove grease up into the lever slot. IMHO the Barnetts make for an easier pull.........RRH........:doorag:
ps: :agree: re-route it as well, behind the radiator, and outside the motor mount, and keep that 1/2" travel at the lever tip.