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Dennista15
| Posted on Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 05:51 pm: |
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Okay, so I changed my crankcase and primary oil today and figured that I may as well put in a new clutch cable that I got this spring. My old one didn't have the plastic sleeve inside and the jam nut has rusted to the cable. So I get the old cable off and start tightening the new one and right when it's almost tight snap. Aww crap. So do I just cut the cable and fish the rest out, or is there a way to get a new end? I also noticed when removing the old cable that it wore a notch into my fork, how do I avoid this. I just put Helibars on this spring, should I get a Lightning clutch cable? Does anyone know how much longer the Lightning cable is compared to the Firebolt cable? Any help is truly appreciated.
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Dennista15
| Posted on Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 10:10 pm: |
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I just cut the cable. I got the primary cover off and will get some drill bits tomorrow, because the rest of the end won't come out. |
Big8863y
| Posted on Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 11:21 pm: |
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yeah i had the same exact problem,i cut the cable with a cutting wheel and extracted the broke off piece with a easy out! just tap in there and turn it out! its easy as butter! you can say i was mad pretty crappy quality on the cable! I'm on my third cable,they keep snapping on me! they last about a year! |
Dennista15
| Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 - 06:13 pm: |
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Okay so I got the rest of the clutch cable out of the primary cover, via easy out, Thanks ^^. I put my old cable back on for now, there was no O ring on the old one when I took it off. Oh well it's not leaking. As for the rub, I think at some point the previous owner added an additional mount for the cable. You can see it on the ground in the bottom pic above the wrench. Anyways I think that's why it was binding too. So I got a Lightning cable and O ring coming from American Sportbike. (Message edited by DennisTA15 on July 13, 2009) |
Ferocity02
| Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 - 08:18 pm: |
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Yes, that end is EXTREMELY fragile. The only reason I didn't break mine is that it came with a very strict warning from American Sportbike. |
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