What happens when you tighten the clutch cable?
With the cable pulled tight and adjusted correctly, full disengagement and engagement of the clutch should be the result. If there is someone with you, have them eye the linkage while the clutch is depressed to ensure that the wire is not walking in the adjuster.
Where is the end of the clutch cable?
Locate the end of the clutch cable on the transmission. The clutch cable almost always attaches to the side of the transmission to a lever which disengages or engages the clutch itself. It is from this end that cables become loose because they are adjusted at this spot.
How do you shorten the clutch cable on a motorcycle?
… hit the adjuster at the other end of the cable. On my R1, that’s down at the clutch, on the other side of the bike. Loosening the nut on the left with a 12mm wrench lets you pull the cable and sheath free. Then you can shorten the sheath a bunch by spinning the right nut with your fingers in the direction that lengthens the inner cable.
Where is the clutch cable adjuster nut located?
Locate the clutch cable housing adjusting nut, locknut (or wingnut), and adjuster nut at the cable bottom end where it attaches to the clutch operating lever. To increase clutch pedal free travel (lower clutch pedal), shorten the housing by turning the nut.
What’s the best way to tighten a clutch cable?
When the cable is pulled as tight as you can get it, turn the adjuster nut clockwise until it seats against the cable, then let everything go. Test your work by engaging and disengaging the clutch with the engine on.
Locate the end of the clutch cable on the transmission. The clutch cable almost always attaches to the side of the transmission to a lever which disengages or engages the clutch itself. It is from this end that cables become loose because they are adjusted at this spot.
What causes a clutch cable to become loose?
The clutch cable almost always attaches to the side of the transmission to a lever which disengages or engages the clutch itself. It is from this end that cables become loose because they are adjusted at this spot. Loosen the cable nut.
Locate the clutch cable housing adjusting nut, locknut (or wingnut), and adjuster nut at the cable bottom end where it attaches to the clutch operating lever. To increase clutch pedal free travel (lower clutch pedal), shorten the housing by turning the nut.