Perhaps I should detail how the splice was performed.

First, the cable was cut at the bad spot.
Sliding the shield toward the plug boot, the cable was shortened about two inches to insure there would be adequate braid to recover the repair.

The center conductors were provided 1/4" leads from the dialectic.

To couple the center conductor, a 2-56 threaded coupler for 1/16" wire was cut off leaving a 1/2" sleeve to use as a coupler. A piece of dialectic from RG-8 cable was cut to the length of the center conductor splice length and then split open to fit onto the center conductor. It was slightly larger than the HT dialectic and thought to be needed to keep distance over the now slightly larger splice collar.

The seam and ends were given silicone and the piece of heat shrink prepared on the cable was slid over and shrunk.

The braided shield was was returned in place and soldered and finally the last piece of larger heat shrink that had been prepared on the cable was slid into place and shrunk.