| Author | Message | ||
     Randomchaos |
Well, the last couple of weeks I have been noticing an occasional click when I pull in the clutch lever. I can hear it and feel it through the lever. It seemed to be pretty rare though. Well today, I found out the cause of the noise. I was pulling up to a stop light, and as I pulled in my clutch, I felt and heard the click, then the clutch cable got easier to pull in, and the engagement zone changed. It instantly clicked in my brain "I have felt this before!". Awhile back when I rode a 250 ninja, I was on the way to school, and felt the same exact thing. My clutch cable was breaking. I was only a mile from work, so went ahead and rode the rest of the way, mostly in 2nd gear, and luckily not hitting anymore stoplights. Got to work, shut her off, and took a look. Sure enough, I can see there are only a few more wires on the cable holding it together. Whew! Cant believe I made it to work! Cable is breaking right at the lever. So, what clutch cable should I go for? I have heard of one that is lined on the inside to help with binding and easier pull. Would I be able to get that from the dealership? Any part numbers? | ||
| Mr2shim |
You can get it from www.americansportbike.com/shoponline Screw those idiots at the dealership. I see you have a bolt. I'd buy it from american sportbike. I bought mine from the dealer. They had to order it. Be careful when you are threading it in the primary cover hole. It will break if you try to torque it down. Make sure you keep the cable as straight as possible when threading in. Same thing happened to me on a joy ride a while back. I made it back on 2 strands of wire. | ||
| Randomchaos |
If the dealership doesnt have one in stock, then I will probably buy it from American Sport Bike. I want to be back on the bike ASAP  , and dont want it sitting in the parking lot here at work for too long. Not sure the cable will hold out long enough to make it home today... Have any part numbers for what I should look for? (Message edited by randomchaos on July 18, 2008) | ||
| Midknyte |
Grease the pivot at the clutch lever when yer done | ||
| Mr2shim |
I don't have the part number handy. I would look at the bike, but I let my step dad borrow it since his tank on his Harley is leaking. You don't really need the part #. Just go up to your dealer and ask them for a clutch cable for your bolt. They should give you the latest by default. It's what they did for me. | ||
| Randomchaos |
They have one in stock *happy dance*. Now the fun begins of trying to replace it with no rear stand or lift. | ||
| Spacecapsule1 |
check to be sure though, because it's been my experience that they'll first deplete any old stock before ordering new, regardless of any updates. | ||
| Ebuella_virus |
Random, The exact same thing happened to me last saturday. The clicking MAY be your cable, but if it is what happened to mine, the clutch cable is fine. You'll want to check the adjustment at the clutch itself with the adjustment screw. If your problem is the same as mine and you don't attend to it soon, it's gonna cost you a lot more than a clutch cable to fix. If it's what happened to me, the adjustment is out and the spring seat may loosen within the clutch, break and grenade your retaining springs and, if like mine, wreck the wellnut which also toasted a part of the primary cover in which the ball and ramp assembly sits. If yours is still okay, the adjustment will take 2 minutes and you won't have to get a new clutch cable. Here is my original post... http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/327 77/376260.html?1215977152 Good luck | ||
| Randomchaos |
Its the cable itself. Each click was a part of the wire snapping. When I got to work today and looked at it, I can see the broken wires, and when I pulled in the clutch in the parking lot, I watched another one of the wires snap, making the same noise I had been hearing. With the new cable, I will do all the adjusting needed as well, so should be good to go on that stuff  | ||
| Randomchaos |
Well, got the new clutch cable on. Still need to do a little fine tuning to get the friction zone just right, but it works good. It was the new style cable with the teflon or what not lining on the cable itself. Here is how the old cable looked.  Now I have a new problem though. I had strapped the bike down to a trailer, and taken it out to my parents house to work on it in their garage. When I got the bike back home, I noticed that the throttle grip had come loose and slid about an inch off the throttle tube. I cant seem to get it to slide back up and on it. Anybody else have this happen before, or am I the only one that puts the straps on the front around the grips.  | ||
| Jandj_davis |
Two comments: 1) I just lubed my clutch cable for the first, and am amazed at the difference it made in clutch pull. LUBE THOSE CABLES! 2) You should loop your tie-downs around the forks right above the lower triple-tree. That is a VERY strong point, so you won't risk bending your bars or messing up your controls. I guess it is a little late for that now, but for future reference. Something that seems to help people get their grips back on is to try to spray compressed air in between the grip and the throttle sleeve. Also, it may help to remove the sleeve/grip from the bar and push on it from a bench or something. You will get much better leverage that way. |
