Clutch Cable routing
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Clutch Cable routing
How does everyone have their clutch cable routed with apes. I routed mine the same as my stock cable which is behind the top tree but the constant rubbing between the cable and the tree had rubbed a hole in the clear plastic covering on the cable and a nice bare spot on the tree. I'm going to have to replace the cable but when I swap it out I want to route it in way that prevents the same thing happening again.
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it's hard to tell but do you have it going between the bottom of the bars and the top of the tree? i routed mine behind the bars and the trees. i also used the clamps on the down tube to prevent it from moving around.
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I knew I should have posted a pic! I'll have to take one later but yes, it runs behind the bars and the top tree. I have both factory clamps holding it to the downtube but it's just rubbing on the backside of the top tree from turning the bars. I never thought anything of it because the stock clutch cable never had issues. I guess the plastic coating on the braided line is not as strong as the factory covering on the stock cable.
I'm going to have to take a better look at it later. I'm hoping it's just the covering and isn't doing damage to the braided part. At least that way I can ride a couple more times while we're actually having decent weather here in England and then swap it out over the winter.
I'm going to have to take a better look at it later. I'm hoping it's just the covering and isn't doing damage to the braided part. At least that way I can ride a couple more times while we're actually having decent weather here in England and then swap it out over the winter.
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Yeah, I still have stock cables and they do not have this issue, as you say. I like the idea of the heat shrink for that area. Maybe replace the cable, so its fresh, and then heat shrink any area that rubs?
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