clutch cable advice
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From: Bixby Oklahoma
clutch cable advice
I thought I was going to do a clutch adjustment and accidentally let the cable adjuster section come apart. So I am wondering what is best to do next.
I can move the clutch lever with the adjustment screw at the clutch basket but can't seem to get the cable adjuster to take up the cable slack. Is there any general rule for where the clutch adjustment screw should be, like full turns inward before bottoming out.
I started out by backing out the clutch adjustment screw jam nut and then the screw itself. Then I don't really know what I did to over loosen the cable adjuster.
The cable is new and 72 inches long due to new taller handlebars.
Thanks for any help
I can move the clutch lever with the adjustment screw at the clutch basket but can't seem to get the cable adjuster to take up the cable slack. Is there any general rule for where the clutch adjustment screw should be, like full turns inward before bottoming out.
I started out by backing out the clutch adjustment screw jam nut and then the screw itself. Then I don't really know what I did to over loosen the cable adjuster.
The cable is new and 72 inches long due to new taller handlebars.
Thanks for any help
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From: Belfast, N. Ireland
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Well I went back out there and got the cable adjuster to take up the slack, the problem was actually that the two slip fit ends weren't staying in place against the two jacketed cable sections and I guess I just hadn't gone quite far enough to get them to start pulling slack.
Would I be ok to just take out the slack and also run in the clutch adjustment screw to bottom out from where it all sits now, and start over or is there something else I need to know
Thanks again
Would I be ok to just take out the slack and also run in the clutch adjustment screw to bottom out from where it all sits now, and start over or is there something else I need to know
Thanks again
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From: Belfast, N. Ireland
Start over...put as much slack in the cable as you can using the cable adjuster in the middle of the cable, loosen the clutch pack lock nut, screw it the adjuster until it just seats (no pressure exerting on the clutch pack) back out half a turn, and lock the lock nut. Then take out the cable slack until you have about a dimes worth at the lever. You should be good to go.
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