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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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Changed my clutch cable on my 06 Softail standard. Now it is acting like it is in gear but it won't move. What did I do wrong.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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A little more detail would help, but from a guessing standpoint your clutch needs adjusting in the primary housing.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 08:57 AM
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Or try the Cable adjustment first a little easier ,
make sure you have some play at Lever
 
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Old Feb 7, 2010 | 01:12 AM
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If you just replaced the cable the odds are good that its just not adjusted properly.
The book says to go through the entire clutch/cable adjustment.
But you can usually get away with just adjusting the cable at this point.

Back off on the cable adjusted (screw them together) until you can get about a dimes worth of slack in it and you should be fine.



That's not the 'best' way to do it because the dime should really be on the cable side of the housing.
But if you can slip a dime in between the lever and the housing that way, and its just loose enough to almost fall out on its own, you should be close enough.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2010 | 08:12 AM
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Did you follow all the steps in your service manual? Go back over them maybe you forgot something.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2010 | 01:59 PM
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did not have the cable adjusted right. Gonna do the dime trick next time I tinker with it to be sure it's right. Thanks for the info, that's why I post on this site.
 
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