KICKDOWN For cable? Please help!

Found mine had to be done right up tight to pull the kickdown lever right to the stop, but works great now. One important thing with a cable is that it's secured in a few places as cable housing flex changes the distance the cable inside has to travel.. think back to your model railway days with side by side tracks..
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What I'm trying to say, is there's a bend at the lever where's the cable goes the transmission in the lever itself. I seen remember reading something about drilling holes in the levers or possibly getting a different lever? But with that bend in the lever at the trans, it's going to be hard to drill a hole into it ...