Thanks Jay!

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:QUOpm.43737$la3.10515@attbi_s22:

If a plane is flown twice a week for thirty years, there could be
30 X 52 X 2 X 5 cycles on the throttle - and that's a highball
estimate. 16000 cycles should not fatigue a wire, should it?

We replaced our prop adjustment cable in the Pathfinder this year. It
was probably the original cable from 1974. It was getting stiffer and
stiffer over time.

Upon removal it was obvious that a few strands of the sheathing had
broken, and were scraping on the cable every time we moved the blue
lever. How this happened is a mystery, but after 25 years we figured
it didn't owe us anything. (Although it is a real SOB to change...)

The OP did a great job getting the plane down safely.