freddy3
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What, other than the cable (which is new and lubricated), would cause the clutch lever to be very hard to squeeze?
Last weekend, while driving in the country, the clutch cable broke right where the little, cylindrical metal piece connects into the clutch hand-lever. For awhile before the cable broke, the hand-lever was becoming increasingly stiff and hard to squeeze, so that's obviously why the cable broke. Although the cable was only about a year old, I hadn't lubricated it (per the manual, I've always used engine oil) since the end of last summer, so I figured it'd just gotten gummed-up and that caused the inner wire to hang, which caused the cable to break.
So, today, I lubricated and installed a brand new clutch cable from MikesXS, but, although the hand-lever and cable each moved effortlessly by themselves, once I got the cable installed, the clutch hand-lever's stiff again. So it's not the cable that's causing the stiff clutch operation.
Per recommendations in another thread, I got a new clutch, but I wanted to be sure the cable problem's taken care of before I do the clutch.
The push lever assembly was functioning properly (rotating easily) when I fit the end of the new cable into it. It also rotated without any problem when I manually pulled on the other end of the cable with the side cover off the bike.
So I'm kind of stumped as to what's causing the clutch hand-lever stiffness??
Last weekend, while driving in the country, the clutch cable broke right where the little, cylindrical metal piece connects into the clutch hand-lever. For awhile before the cable broke, the hand-lever was becoming increasingly stiff and hard to squeeze, so that's obviously why the cable broke. Although the cable was only about a year old, I hadn't lubricated it (per the manual, I've always used engine oil) since the end of last summer, so I figured it'd just gotten gummed-up and that caused the inner wire to hang, which caused the cable to break.
So, today, I lubricated and installed a brand new clutch cable from MikesXS, but, although the hand-lever and cable each moved effortlessly by themselves, once I got the cable installed, the clutch hand-lever's stiff again. So it's not the cable that's causing the stiff clutch operation.
Per recommendations in another thread, I got a new clutch, but I wanted to be sure the cable problem's taken care of before I do the clutch.
The push lever assembly was functioning properly (rotating easily) when I fit the end of the new cable into it. It also rotated without any problem when I manually pulled on the other end of the cable with the side cover off the bike.
So I'm kind of stumped as to what's causing the clutch hand-lever stiffness??