Any tips here? I’ve cut the cable connector off the old cable at pedal end and need to connect this to the threaded end of the new cable. I’ll then pull the old cable out at the clutch end, hopefully with the new cable attached! tried electricians tape - didn’t feel strong enough Tried tying jute garden string to each end but bottled it when I felt restriction as it entered the metal tube. Jute’s probably not the most durable string. Also string behind the thread means the new cable is fed in at an angle It’ll probably work, just though I’d call it a day and have a think before I get stuck
They may be different, but on my '78, there is a section towards the front where the cable is pushed through from the front and comes out of a () shaped opening. Without realising it, mine had caught at the () opening and bent double inside as it was pushed from the front rather than being pulled through and took absolutely ages to get it to sort itself out. Very easy when you know that it can catch here and guide the end through it. Hope that helps.
Cable connector? Screw onto cable? None of this makes sense to me. Cable has thread GB end for clutch adjustment as your photo. Other end looks like in this pic Connected to the pedal with this clevis pin no tools required. Pull old cable out and bin it. Get rid of string. The cable is sturdy. Read Chris's post above - the actual conduit stars a bit further back. Push cable into conduit from the pedal end, connect to pedal with clip. GB end is now obvious I'm sure.
I’m completely happy connecting both ends up. It’s the getting the cable through the metal conduit part. so it looks like just carefully push it through? No need to connect to old cable as a guide. so all pushing through, no pulling involved?
Exactly, shove it through, takes seconds. Grease it as you go - takes a couple of minutes. Then thread your new bowden tube onto the cable because it won't go past the bends if you pre fit the bowden tube. Wangle into place.
You'll kick yourself that you thought it would be difficult. The only time I broke one while out and about I luckily had a spare in the van. I used a coin to flip the clevis pin off, and hands/no tools for the rest. Pretty clever design for a roadside repair. Lucky I didn't have a front pan or I would have been stumped.
If things get stuck part way sometimes twisting the cable in the direction that tightens the twist of the wire strands (not the other way as the wire gets fatter.. ) can make the far end waggle a bit and pop over an obstruction. But the clutch cable and throttle cable are both stiff enough to be pushed through from the front after greasing.
Is it a good idea to blast a load of WD40 down it,let it sit for a bit,then a load of compressed air,just to blow any crud out,before replacing?
Make sure you grease the pedal end - ours wore completely through and failed on a trip down to Dorset on the A31 just west of Ringwood! Took some time to rig up a fix using lots of turns of spare accelerator cable, but it got us there and home again. The location is now known a "Clutch Corner". I love how places become memorable for various different problems and breakdowns!
I had to pick the front end of my brother's Morris Marina up off the road in that part of the A31 after the thread on the bottom of the king pin stripped out of the suspension on the front wheel. Had to collect him, go to a scrappy and and gather pieces on the next morning, out to Dorset the next day, rebuild the front suspension in the layby, then he could go home in it.
Got you home so well done Most would just ring for recovery but it's always satisfying to fix a problem with whatever you've got to hand Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
