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JBK Full Member Offline Posts: 100 MS Gender:	fraying clutch cable 10/26/12 at 21:12:39 yea I got one. the bike has broomstick bars so there is a good bit of slack. is there anyway to cut back the cable and reattach the pin that holds it in the clutch handle? or am I better off getting a stock replacement?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: fraying clutch cable Reply #1 - 10/26/12 at 21:24:01 I got a couple screw in barrel ends for emergencies. But you're better off with a professional made cable. like this but with a set screw
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Reply #2 - 10/26/12 at 21:46:57

If you know how to solder - and I mean know how to solder - you can make one of those emergency replacements permanent. The ends of factory cables are just lead, nothing more nothing less. Use at least a 60watt soldering iron or use a solder gun. Anything smaller and you can't get enough heat into the cable.

*edit* When I say know how to solder I mean you must know how solder flows. Absolute must. If you understand that solder isn't glue and there are certain things that you need to pay attention to - you're golden. Making custom cables is real easy if you know that.

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Reply #3 - 10/27/12 at 00:10:47

One of my favorite soldering tools is a $10.00 butane torch from Lowes. Its a soldering iron, with a tip, but I dont like the way that works, I take it off & just use the flame tip. A good paste flux, some 60/40 solder with a rosin core, time spent cleaning the cable end up, Id use some Berrymans spray on it & youll need a couple of small needlenose to set the cable spirals back right, some good diagonals to clip it off cleanly. If you have no experience soldering, no biggee,, you can read about it & practice first. I wouldnt do this until I had some experience & you can have that experience in just a few hours. Buy some light cable at the hardware store, some brass tubing with an ID to fit the cable OD, ( match them up before ya buy anything,) Close is good enough..
A vise that clamps on the edge of the workbnch that rotates is real handy. Ive had this one for about 4 years,,its holding up well.

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Reply #4 - 10/29/12 at 18:22:36

Had this happen to me on my '02 in the middle of a poker run. Ended up getting it to a dealer and they pulled a cable off a '12 s40 and it fit for the most part, was a tad shorter. Then put some 8" mini-apes on it two weeks later and had to replace the cable and lever anyways...so I have a new one sitting around. Let me know if you need one.

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JBK Full Member Offline Posts: 100 MS Gender:	Re: fraying clutch cable Reply #5 - 10/30/12 at 22:28:39 pm sent newriverjunkie
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: fraying clutch cable Reply #6 - 10/30/12 at 22:32:09 Now you have the perfect ottorpunity to play with soldering. YOu win, you win, you lose, you still ride.,.,
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