Strange Issue With My Yaesu 857D

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I got out the small Phillips head screw driver cause that's what is needed to take those real small, (maybe number 2 or even number 1 screws) out and pulled the connector apart. I found two broken wires, one was the ground, probably return ground from the mic cartridge and one other not sure what that one is. Others have that semi-frayed look. The ground may have been attached with a thread and broke as I was removing the connector's cover. The other one may have been the one that was broken and could have been hitting other pins as I flexed the wire. I don't know how they solder those especially since the ground pin has a very short piece of heat shrink over it. The heat shrink is just a long as the wire. How they ever got that piece on and shrunk after soldering it I'll never know. I've soldered some of those before but surly not with such short wires. The jacket is only stripped about 1/2 to expose all the wires. Maybe I'll take a shot at it sometime but I got the email from Yaesu as to the part number to order. That wire is on the microphone that came with the Yaesu 1000 before I put it on the 857D so it's seen some years of use and abuse.

Al