Clutch Cable Replacement
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Clutch Cable Replacement
Hi everybody! I have searched up and down on here as well as on other forums but couldn't find detailed info on a clutch replacement. I have installed new bars and I am now at changing the clutch cable. Is there anything I need to be careful about or any special tools I need? I am doing it either tonight or tomorrow and want to be sure of what I'm up for. Any tips are appreciated. Bike is a 2010 Nightster
Thanks
Kris
Thanks
Kris
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Dude, you need a service manual. It will be the best post initial bike purchase money you ever spent. People here are reluctant to give such advice on what can be complicated procedures because 1. they don't want to encourage you to do it without a manual, and 2. they've spent their hard earned money on the manual, and you haven't.
If you are not careful, you will screw it up! There are what will be loose ball bearings you need to account for, and figure out how to put back once they pop out, there are adjustment screws you need to know how to properly treat and there is a specific amount of play in the cable that you need to create.
Get the manual. Don't trust other humans, on an internet forum, to instruct you on something so potentially dangerous if you mess it up.
If you are not careful, you will screw it up! There are what will be loose ball bearings you need to account for, and figure out how to put back once they pop out, there are adjustment screws you need to know how to properly treat and there is a specific amount of play in the cable that you need to create.
Get the manual. Don't trust other humans, on an internet forum, to instruct you on something so potentially dangerous if you mess it up.
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Road Captain
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Thanks for the advice bro! I actually did some more digging yesterday and found an old thread from 2007 that explained everything. Cable is changed 
It's funny you say people don't want to share the info because in that same thread they were saying that the info sharing was a one time deal for the fellow who asked back then, lol! Funny how people won't share a service manual yet will share music and movies on the internet daily. Anyhow. It has been done. Thanks again :-)
It's funny you say people don't want to share the info because in that same thread they were saying that the info sharing was a one time deal for the fellow who asked back then, lol! Funny how people won't share a service manual yet will share music and movies on the internet daily. Anyhow. It has been done. Thanks again :-)
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Thanks JuniorNasty!
That link takes me to the top of this page.
That link takes me to the top of this page.
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Hahahaha! Sorry hold on! Here:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sportster-models/94406-how-to-remove-clutch-cable.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sportster-models/94406-how-to-remove-clutch-cable.html