Clutch cable

John Downing · Aug 22, 2024

My clutch cable snapped when I was away and finally had RAC recovery to get me home. I have anew cable from Schofield but am unable thread it down the tube . Is there a fix? I threaded some strong steel wire from back to front, but the new cable going in from the front will not go beyond a certain point . Any advice please . Thanks

sparkywig · Aug 22, 2024

You'll just have to keep teasing the thicker cable through from both ends until you clear the obstruction.
Where did the original cable snap? Was it about where the blockage is?

John Downing · Aug 22, 2024

It was about a foot from the clutch end and it’s blocking much earlier as I try and get it down the tube. Should I be trying to get some grease in there or some lubricant . I’ll stick at it thanks .

sparkywig · Aug 22, 2024

I'd leave the lube until you've cleared the blockage.

nickcj · Aug 22, 2024

John Downing said:
It was about a foot from the clutch end and it’s blocking much earlier as I try and get it down the tube. Should I be trying to get some grease in there or some lubricant . I’ll stick at it thanks .

I've always found that it's easier to remove the conduit at the clutch end,then feed the cable through it and refit the conduit with the cable already init.cable normally snaps at the conduit joint to the chassis

John Downing · Aug 23, 2024

I’ve been through again with the strong steel wire both ways. As soon as I try the cable it stops maybe about a foot in . I think I’ve reached the end of my attempts with this and going to have to get help. Thanks for your advice .

creationblue · Aug 23, 2024

I had this with my throttle cable about 15ys ago, I found the area of the block and sliced it with a grinder slitting disc, opened it up and pulled out the ****, put a load of grease in, bent it back over added some grease on the outside. It still looks like the day I did it to this day

John Downing · Aug 26, 2024

Well I did it but it was a little unconventional. It was sticking very early on down the tube so I got past this by pinching the cable with mole grips. I then hit these and got past the difficult bit and did that again when it got hard to push. I took the conduit tube off near the clutch end and after much effort it came through . I attached the clip on the pedal end and screwed the wing nut on the clutch end . I’m almost done, needs some adjustment. Not easy doing all this lying out on the road .

Moseley · Aug 27, 2024

Sometimes you can take the remnants of the snapped cable, begin to unwind the end so that it still fits down the tube, then attach the other end to a cordless drill. Get that on high speed and it acts like a wire brush which might clear an old grease blockage, or a patch of rusty goodness.