- Joined
- Feb 24, 2011
- Messages
- 2,916
- Reaction score
- 288
- Points
- 83
- Location
- Melbourne Australia
:thumbdown:
Ok so I broke a clutch cable tonight, big deal, what could be worse......
alright I'm filtering in traffic..........
I'm about to go down a cog and jump ahead as the light changes.......
I pull the clutch and..............
nothin'...........
uh oh......
Ive slowed down too much and the motor starts to hunt and I'm looking for the safest way out.....
Oh I forgot to mention its night and peak hour traffic, and its the heaviest rain we have seen yet this year.....
I moved into the left lane proper as the car in front turns left, (remember this is in Aust, so we drive on the left)... I give it enough gas to go through the intersection and pull up onto a drive way....
what do i do now I cant really stop smoothly........
hit the kill switch, which I never do!
pull up. its bucketing, I stop get off and push the bike onto the footpath......
WHAT TO DO?.....
have a look and sure enough the cable has broken about 2 inches from the top end.
go to the nearest treadly shop and get 4 feet of cable and 3 feet of outer.
The guy there remembers me from a bike shop I frequented over ten years ago- amazing!
I go back to the bike and one end of the outer was badly cut, couldn't feed the cable through, so I reckon I'll just use the original outer.....
cable goes as far as the mid adjuster and stops.
The other thing I'll throw in here is that I left my glasses at work and can barely see the end of the outer, and its still pissing down and I am parked in front of a dress shop and the ladies are giving me shady looks!
Back to the bike shop and get them to re cut the end. feed the cable thru, we are nearly there!
get back to the bike do the top end feed the cable across the top of the motor and there is nothing for the outer to butt up against, so I wont be able to apply any tension, what to do?
I have a solid little tube that my ear plugs are in, attached to my key ring perfect it"ll have to do- it works, the pliers I have in my tool kit are just big enough for me to get tension so the clutch will work, wrap the cable around the lever, tie it off and we have a ****ty short clutch lever but enough to start and move through the gears.
The rain is still coming down like cats n dogs, I reckon I deserve a beer...
I get to the local supermarket for a 6 pack- THEY HAVE DELETED MY BRAND-thats what is worse than a broken clutch cable!
......She had one stubby-and it was warm!
Could be worse,
lesson learned: good to have a tool kit, good to have a cable inner, always keep the fridge stocked!
cheers, thanks for reading
Ok so I broke a clutch cable tonight, big deal, what could be worse......
alright I'm filtering in traffic..........
I'm about to go down a cog and jump ahead as the light changes.......
I pull the clutch and..............
nothin'...........
uh oh......
Ive slowed down too much and the motor starts to hunt and I'm looking for the safest way out.....
Oh I forgot to mention its night and peak hour traffic, and its the heaviest rain we have seen yet this year.....
I moved into the left lane proper as the car in front turns left, (remember this is in Aust, so we drive on the left)... I give it enough gas to go through the intersection and pull up onto a drive way....
what do i do now I cant really stop smoothly........
hit the kill switch, which I never do!
pull up. its bucketing, I stop get off and push the bike onto the footpath......
WHAT TO DO?.....
have a look and sure enough the cable has broken about 2 inches from the top end.
go to the nearest treadly shop and get 4 feet of cable and 3 feet of outer.
The guy there remembers me from a bike shop I frequented over ten years ago- amazing!
I go back to the bike and one end of the outer was badly cut, couldn't feed the cable through, so I reckon I'll just use the original outer.....
cable goes as far as the mid adjuster and stops.
The other thing I'll throw in here is that I left my glasses at work and can barely see the end of the outer, and its still pissing down and I am parked in front of a dress shop and the ladies are giving me shady looks!
Back to the bike shop and get them to re cut the end. feed the cable thru, we are nearly there!
get back to the bike do the top end feed the cable across the top of the motor and there is nothing for the outer to butt up against, so I wont be able to apply any tension, what to do?
I have a solid little tube that my ear plugs are in, attached to my key ring perfect it"ll have to do- it works, the pliers I have in my tool kit are just big enough for me to get tension so the clutch will work, wrap the cable around the lever, tie it off and we have a ****ty short clutch lever but enough to start and move through the gears.
The rain is still coming down like cats n dogs, I reckon I deserve a beer...
I get to the local supermarket for a 6 pack- THEY HAVE DELETED MY BRAND-thats what is worse than a broken clutch cable!
......She had one stubby-and it was warm!
Could be worse,
lesson learned: good to have a tool kit, good to have a cable inner, always keep the fridge stocked!
cheers, thanks for reading
