| Author | Message | ||
     Kevinaye |
For anybody considering the el cheapo chinese levers...... The ones I have feel great, and look fantastic. Unfortunately the the clutch lever almost severed the clutch cable(4 strand left) Switched back to stock with a new cable. I wanted to start my big trip with a new cable anyway. I was hoping to have the old one as back up though. But it is toast. I am about to order a throttle cable as a back up. Is the idle cable really necessary????? | ||
| Pontlee77 |
I suggest you to work a bit in grinding the chinese levers so that the throttle cable is well centered, in Spain there have been a few similar cases to yours. | ||
| Paul56 |
I inspected both throttle cables last year at 82,000 miles on my 06 when the throttle body shaft broke. I was pleasantly surprised to see virtually no wear on either cable within the range of cable movement at each end. I suppose it's possible to wear through at some point inside the cable housing but I'd think it more likely to fail near an end. Had to replace a broken clutch cable around 30k miles due to wear at the upper end. Replacement cable still looking good at 99k, but a new one is on the shelf just in case. Just my experience, YMMV. | ||
| Etennuly |
Keep that little cable end lubed. Even factory levers will break the cable if it sticks from being dry or dirty. | ||
| Pkman |
I just replaced my original 2006 clutch cable with a new one from American Sport Bike and I really like how smooth the new one is! I see the new one is plastic or teflon coated - does it still need to be lubed? What type of lube? | ||
| Etennuly |
This is like the perpetual fight over which oil to use. I use some Mobil 1. I lube the cable when changing the primary oil. With the inspection cover off I tear a strip of paper towel and work it in a "V" shape to get the tip of it under the cable housing inside the primary cover, because running oil down the cable will dump black sludge here. Unhook the top of the clutch cable from the lever and hold it straight up. Using a zip lock sandwich bag with a hole in a bottom corner, slide it over the top end of the cable and wrap it tightly with a rubber band to the cable housing so that it cannot leak. Put an ounce or so of clean oil in the bag, zip it closed and slowly squeeze the bag. It may take a few minutes to see the oil level go down. You will get an amazing amount of black crud on the paper towel inside the primary cover. I do this with the drain plug out. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Please note the new teflon cables are designed to be used DRY. Keep the lever ferrule lubed, and that's it. |
