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Can someone post a pic of a streetglide or special with original bars, clutch cable and with the bars turned all the way to the left. I need to see up under the fairing to see how the OEM cable sits.
Problem is the bars were switched by the PO and the clutch cable wasn't (#37200566) so now the cable is too tight to fit into the retainer. Although things work the way it's set up it's not right and I want to fix.
Made some progress today, I took off the fairing today and got some solid measurements. I'm going to HD tomorrow with the original cable in hand and going to try to get one 2"-3" longer.
They dealer closest to me has several different length cables in stock.
The parts guy said the part# for my 13" bars is 37200463 and is 50" long......without knowing how HD measures that dimension is useless. It's 1.5 hours to the dealership but I gotta go.
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Did you have to put the fairing in the service position to move the cable up to the clutch lever? I wouldn't think that you could just yank on the cable to pull up to the clutch lever.
I know that that would not have been possible in my situation where the cable was " rerouted " to reach. My problem is I don't know what the OEM route was through the fairing.
I started another thread in hopes that someone could post up a pic but 0 response, where are all the know it alls when you need them LOL!!
Here I go again talking to myself. As I understand the original routing goes into the fairing under the left side bar and has the rubber sleeve around it at that point. ( My rubber sleeve had been moved into the fairing to about the center of the steering head where the brake lines cross so I had no idea where it was supposed to be) The clutch cable continues across the handlebar clamp and to the right side of the bars, turns towards the front where it make a 180 degree loop. It exits exits the fairing along the frame and is guided and held in place by the hard rubber bracket mounted above the VIN. After the bracket it bends 90 degrees to the botton half of the cable.
I hope this helps someone else with the same situation that I have. I just don't know what length new cable I need until I get back into the fairing. For now what I have is working so maybe I'll wait for the off season to get back into things.
Here I go again talking to myself. As I understand the original routing goes into the fairing under the left side bar and has the rubber sleeve around it at that point. ( My rubber sleeve had been moved into the fairing to about the center of the steering head where the brake lines cross so I had no idea where it was supposed to be) The clutch cable continues across the handlebar clamp and to the right side of the bars, turns towards the front where it make a 180 degree loop. It exits exits the fairing along the frame and is guided and held in place by the hard rubber bracket mounted above the VIN. After the bracket it bends 90 degrees to the botton half of the cable.
I hope this helps someone else with the same situation that I have. I just don't know what length new cable I need until I get back into the fairing. For now what I have is working so maybe I'll wait for the off season to get back into things.
Ah, right, I stand corrected. must be working round the batwing then that accounts for their method.
Thanks for replying to my question. The guy at the parts counter,who has been there for years, was scratching his head trying to figure it out how HD measures these "new " cables.
I was going to check with magnum for a cable but at this point the bike is new and I want to keep it HD for now.
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