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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB750 => Topic started by: billy192 on July 05, 2015, 08:43:24 PM
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went for a spin to Swansea from Gloucester today got to Newport with lovely sunny weather (12ish) then i noticed cars coming the other way with wipers on i thought prats,,,,then boom like a typhoon i was soaked to the skin with in ten mins.
any way on to the clutch when i left Gloucester i had about 10mm free play at the bars which is how I like it set up. when i got to the bridge (40 miles) it was hard to get into neutral and i had about 20mm free play. whilst driving i adjusted the thingy on the bars back to the 10mm area and all was well. the bottom adjuster was exactly where i had set it.
my question is can a cable outer shrink or the inner stretch? after the adjustment it seems fine but this is the second time i have done this. i now wind back the thingy and adjust the cable at the bottom to take out the free play.
should i get a new OEM clutch cable or could it be the clutch itself?
Billy (puzzled)
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Pattern cables can vary greatly in quality. On the C90 forum there are dire warnings to ONLY use a genuine parts cable for the front brake. This is because sometimes the spiral outer shrouds are sometimes not accurately wound, so compress like a spring when you pull the brake on, enough to let the lever hit the bars with little actual braking force applied, and the other issue of the inner cable stretching, combined with the outer spiral compressing makes for a frightening braking failiure. People adjust them up when this happens, but as the spiral outer relaxes, it then causes binding on the brake. So YES, buy a genuine cable, you know it will work properly, and not do any of the above, and it isn't that much more expensive than a pattern one.:-o
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I've learned from experience to put your hand in your pocket and buy genuine cables. Had that much trouble with pattern cables it just isn't worth the wasted effort.
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ok so Genuine Honda, the only one i can find is for a F1 mine is a K^ will it fit?
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Provided you're not using high bars, yes.
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no all STD
thanks Hairygit
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Hi Billy,
I have also had this problem recently but with genuine cables . The conclusion I reached was that some of the clutch plates were sticking together ,ie not separating fully after standing for some time .Eventually they settled down with use and then the gap remained constant . Just a thought ! Cheers Alan .
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well i will adjust once more and see if it happens again. in the meantime i will try to get a genuine cable.
Thanks for the advice.
Billly