sith. You should be able to check the ohms at the connector itself. If it shows infinite or open circuit, then you have a broken wire INSIDE the resistor. If it show between 9 and 14 ohms, it's OK. If won't be able to just pull the wire out. There probobly is about a foot or more of wire spiral wound inside the ceremic core. I might just have got lucky and the wire was broken where I cracked the core of the resistor. If you do break the resistor in half, check the resistance for each of the sides (left side wire - to left side of the connector, and right-wire to the right side of the connector), that will let you know where the wire is broken.

Wow, this is though to explain. Wish I had pictures, but I didn't think about that.