arogal
Well-known member
Hi everyone,
I noticed that my clutch cable was starting to have some slack so I tightened it up a tad. As the open slit part came around as I was tightening it I saw a ton of wires that were snapped/frayed from the cable! The clutch cable was hanging on my maybe 4-5 wires. Good thing I was just around the corner of work on lunch and there is a shop just down the street from my work. If I didn't notice this I don't think I would have made it home, which would have led to me stranded on 403/QEW on the way home from work waiting for a tow. Made it down to the shop safely and should have bike back today or tomorrow.
Does anyone know what would have caused this? The previous owner swapped out OEM levers with aftermarket shorty ones and never put the OEM pin back in the clutch lever, which made it quite wobbly and not too secure.
I purchased the necessary OEM pin which got rid of most the slack as the screw now sits flush in the hole of the handle. I installed the pin back in the winter and the cable seemed to be fine at that point (put 3500kms on the bike since). Burly Cycle recommend that I get the pin or the cable will start to fray, but oddly enough, the cable seemed to fray after the pin was installed.
Did some research on why the cables fray, and most people said it is usually from aftermarket levers, and even CRG/Pazzo fray the cable on certain bikes.
Any way to prevent this in the future without getting new levers? I think the cable was starting to get warn out before I put the pin in the clutch lever and started to deteriorate over time afterwords....not too sure though. I just don't want this to be a problem that will repeat itself every couple thousand of clicks!
PS - I just realized this should have been posted in the technical section :S
I noticed that my clutch cable was starting to have some slack so I tightened it up a tad. As the open slit part came around as I was tightening it I saw a ton of wires that were snapped/frayed from the cable! The clutch cable was hanging on my maybe 4-5 wires. Good thing I was just around the corner of work on lunch and there is a shop just down the street from my work. If I didn't notice this I don't think I would have made it home, which would have led to me stranded on 403/QEW on the way home from work waiting for a tow. Made it down to the shop safely and should have bike back today or tomorrow.
Does anyone know what would have caused this? The previous owner swapped out OEM levers with aftermarket shorty ones and never put the OEM pin back in the clutch lever, which made it quite wobbly and not too secure.
I purchased the necessary OEM pin which got rid of most the slack as the screw now sits flush in the hole of the handle. I installed the pin back in the winter and the cable seemed to be fine at that point (put 3500kms on the bike since). Burly Cycle recommend that I get the pin or the cable will start to fray, but oddly enough, the cable seemed to fray after the pin was installed.
Did some research on why the cables fray, and most people said it is usually from aftermarket levers, and even CRG/Pazzo fray the cable on certain bikes.
Any way to prevent this in the future without getting new levers? I think the cable was starting to get warn out before I put the pin in the clutch lever and started to deteriorate over time afterwords....not too sure though. I just don't want this to be a problem that will repeat itself every couple thousand of clicks!
PS - I just realized this should have been posted in the technical section :S