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Fri May 04, 2012 10:44 pm

So I just snapped a clutch cable. No biggy-got a new one. When I took the old one out it the wing nut was all the way down :-k

Then I put the new one in and find that I had to put the wing nut all the way down to get some pedal on the clutch :-k

Is the bowden tube the wrong one - to short?

Or is the clutch crappin out?

Fri May 04, 2012 11:01 pm

Some cables are the wrong length :roll:

Fri May 04, 2012 11:18 pm

Wildthings wrote: Some cables are the wrong length :roll:

This is obviously assuming its the right one, but if its wrong then the old one was too.

Fri May 04, 2012 11:18 pm

Check your PMs, then check your Bowden tube sag like I said in the PM. I happened to remember that the PO had some yokels in her town do a clutch cable several years ago. Maybe they replaced the tube too and didn't know about shimming it for proper sag.

Sat May 05, 2012 6:06 am

The clutch cable for 68-71 is 15mm shorter than 72+

Germansupply had a good tip that due to wear, that using a 68-71 cable on a 72+ is sometimes required.

On my TDI powered bus (1978) I found that to be the case and the 68-71 cable was a nice solution.

Sat May 05, 2012 8:31 am

markd89 wrote: The clutch cable for 68-71 is 15mm shorter than 72+

Germansupply had a good tip that due to wear, that using a 68-71 cable on a 72+ is sometimes required.

On my TDI powered bus (1978) I found that to be the case and the 68-71 cable was a nice solution.

Im going to shim the tube first but thank you for this tip!

Sat May 05, 2012 11:37 am

Fixed. Two shims where the tranny bracket is. I could of used 3 and if the cable streatches then I will. But this gave me a good amount of threads to tighten down on.