Thank you for the video. I am now depressed. There is no way I am going to be able to do this. I believe the best thing to do is buy a different brand lawn mower that doesn't require you to rebuild the entire thing just to change a cable. Please murder your engineers at Craftsman.
from the comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSXOBQojHgg
from the comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSXOBQojHgg