Easy clutch cable fix
Easy clutch cable fix
Hi everyone,
the other day I asked for help with a broken clutch cable...thanks to everyone who helped.
What I ended up doing was purchasing a cable that was a couple of inches longer than the Raptors (it was off a Honda, what Honda I don't know!!).
* I then measured the original Raptor cable (broken at the lever) & cut the knob off the clutch end of the new Honda cable.
* threw away the Honda outer cable & fed the new Honda inner cable into the Raptors outer cable.
* A mate machined up a new brass knob for the clutch end & silver soldered it on...done, it was too easy!!
The cable cost me $25au (£15) & the machining was free. You are however, able to purchase the ends from bike shops & industrial supply stores for next to nothing. The stores in my town didn't have any in stock in the size I needed & I didn't have time to wait for them to turn up. The ends come in brass & aluminium this gives you the choice of either silver soldering or crimping them on (originals are crimped aluminium).
I hope I have been of some help to everyone.
Cheers
Boofhead
the other day I asked for help with a broken clutch cable...thanks to everyone who helped.
What I ended up doing was purchasing a cable that was a couple of inches longer than the Raptors (it was off a Honda, what Honda I don't know!!).
* I then measured the original Raptor cable (broken at the lever) & cut the knob off the clutch end of the new Honda cable.
* threw away the Honda outer cable & fed the new Honda inner cable into the Raptors outer cable.
* A mate machined up a new brass knob for the clutch end & silver soldered it on...done, it was too easy!!
The cable cost me $25au (£15) & the machining was free. You are however, able to purchase the ends from bike shops & industrial supply stores for next to nothing. The stores in my town didn't have any in stock in the size I needed & I didn't have time to wait for them to turn up. The ends come in brass & aluminium this gives you the choice of either silver soldering or crimping them on (originals are crimped aluminium).
I hope I have been of some help to everyone.
Cheers
Boofhead
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Re: Easy clutch cable fix
Hein gerricke do an emergency cable and nipple kit, its just an inner with different screw on ends, took one with me to the Stella rally last year not tried it though
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Re: Easy clutch cable fix
That sounds like a handy thing to carry on a tripshedmonkey wrote:Hein gerricke do an emergency cable and nipple kit, its just an inner with different screw on ends, took one with me to the Stella rally last year not tried it though
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Hello...
The screw on top of a spark plug can be fitted to a broken clutch cable and crimped with..eg.. pliers. An emergency fix .....some farmers have 25 year old temporary fences......
The screw on top of a spark plug can be fitted to a broken clutch cable and crimped with..eg.. pliers. An emergency fix .....some farmers have 25 year old temporary fences......
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Re: Easy clutch cable fix
snapdragon wrote:That sounds like a handy thing to carry on a tripshedmonkey wrote:Hein gerricke do an emergency cable and nipple kit, its just an inner with different screw on ends, took one with me to the Stella rally last year not tried it though
Would be but Hein Gericke closed a few weeks ago in the UK!!
Better to burn out than just fade away!!
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they've re-opened now thoughVRaptorMark wrote:Would be but Hein Gericke closed a few weeks ago in the UK!!snapdragon wrote:That sounds like a handy thing to carry on a tripshedmonkey wrote:Hein gerricke do an emergency cable and nipple kit, its just an inner with different screw on ends, took one with me to the Stella rally last year not tried it though
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Ahh yes, just a select few isn't it ? Southampton, Manchester and Oxford are re-opened and they're the ones I know the way toVRaptorMark wrote:Not in Lincoln mate.
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I passed the one in Preston yesterday and they had big "We are open again for business" signs in the window. Glad to hear it.snapdragon wrote:Ahh yes, just a select few isn't it ? Southampton, Manchester and Oxford are re-opened and they're the ones I know the way toVRaptorMark wrote:Not in Lincoln mate.
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Whats strange is that the manager of the 1 in Lincoln said they were 1 of the only 1's that were making any money!! Still closed thou.Red Mist wrote:I passed the one in Preston yesterday and they had big "We are open again for business" signs in the window. Glad to hear it.snapdragon wrote:Ahh yes, just a select few isn't it ? Southampton, Manchester and Oxford are re-opened and they're the ones I know the way toVRaptorMark wrote:Not in Lincoln mate.
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Re: Easy clutch cable fix
It's not just hein gerickes that do them
http://www.bidsforbikes.co.uk/gear-grem ... 1590-p.asp
Demon tweaks also do the same kit
http://www.bidsforbikes.co.uk/gear-grem ... 1590-p.asp
Demon tweaks also do the same kit