Hey guys I got it thru no problem. I cleaned the tip with rubbing alchohol and sanded it a little and I actually soldered good for the first time. It looked exactly like the cable in the pic. It moves nice and free now but i had to trim off some of the tube because it was too long and only a half inch of cable or less could stick out on each side. Now i might even try to solder the metal clevises onto the push rods, i hate z-bends. LOL i also got electricuted by my soldering iron, i have no idea why it happened i just touched the wire and my hand fell asleep for like 2min.
Thanks for your help!