A DC9-32F WAS RETURNED TO SVC WITH CTL CABLES CHAFING AND MISALIGNED.

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ACFT WAS UNDERGOING CHK PHASE #4 AT A MAINT FACILITY. I WAS ASKED TO PERFORM AN INSPECTION PRIOR TO CLOSING THE CEILING PANELS IN THE FORWARD LOWER CARGO COMPARTMENT. AT THAT TIME I DOCUMENTED THAT CABLE RUNS #24 AND #57 WERE CHAFING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THAT CABLE RUN #3 HAD A BENT TERMINAL END. CABLE RUNS #24 AND #57 WERE CONTACTING EACH OTHER SO MUCH THAT AS THE TURNBUCKLES PASSED EACH OTHER THEY PHYSICALLY DISPLACED THEMSELVES. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THIS ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SVC WITH THESE CONDITIONS EXISTING ON OR ABOUT APR/SAT/97. I RECEIVED DISCIPLINARY COUNSELING FROM THE COMPANY FOR NOT WITHDRAWING THE WRITE-UPS AFTER A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE WRITE-UPS WAS NOTED BY MY SUPVR. THE COMPLAINT WAS MADE BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF ACFT MAINT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS INSPECTING THE CARGO PIT CLOSE UP AND FOUND THESE CABLES CHAFFING. THE CABLES WERE FOR AN ENG FUEL SHUTOFF AND A RUDDER TRIM CABLE. THE TURNBUCKLES WERE DISPLACING EACH OTHER AS THEY MOVED. RPTR BELIEVES THAT BECAUSE SEVERAL CABLES HAD BEEN REPLACED IT MAY BE POSSIBLE PULLEY BRACKETS; GUIDE PINS OR GUIDES WERE DISPLACED CAUSING THIS CABLE CONTACT. RPTR STATES THIS INFO WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE LCL FAA MAINT INSPECTOR; BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.