| Author | Message | ||
     Dennista15 |
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.    | ||
| Dennista15 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
