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| underthetire |
 May 9 2010, 12:17 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California  |
Bought a new Gemo clutch cable about a year ago, finally put it in 2-3 months ago. Last week I noticed it seemed to take way more force than needed to operate the clutch pedal. Upon removing the cable, I found the plastic liner balled up and starting to come off. I removed the plastic sheath and lubed the cable, and put it back in to try. Butter now, no real force required. Before I buy another cable, just wanted to see if it was a fluke or has anyone else had this problem?
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| Drums66 |
May 9 2010, 12:25 PM
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914 Rudiments Group: Members Posts: 5,321 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Coronado,Cali Member No.: 151 Region Association: Southwest Region |
People say not to........I always lube them first.
oh well!.....it's debatable? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) P.S. silicone(aircraft grade) |
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| Tom_T |
May 9 2010, 01:37 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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The plastic liner (teflon?) is actually the "lube" -
Did you check to see what was binding on the cable to make it ball up? ... something grabbed/chaffed on that cable to peel that stuff off, so if left unresolved, the next thing will be to eat through the cable itself & no amount of grease nor silly-cone spray lubricant will "fix" that!. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) It could be that the clutch tube broke loose & it's moving around as you use the clutch caused the chaffing. Look at both the firewall & in the tunnel by the shifter to see if it's loose. It's a common problem in 914s, & there was a topic here in the Garage on fixing it within the last couple of weeks. BTW - it you can move the tube around at the firewall, then both F&R welds have broken loose, if not then you still need to check the front one in front of the shifter. Also make sure you have a good ground strap & connections from the transaxle to the chassis (up under the rear trunk), as long as you're trouble shooting this problem. |
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| Spoke |
May 9 2010, 06:19 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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I had a clutch cable last a little over a year before it broke.
The cable seemed a little long and had a bit of a loop and it wore out right there. Tell-tail sign was needing to adjust the cable once or twice a week. |
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| blitZ |
May 9 2010, 07:47 PM
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Beer please... Group: Members Posts: 2,223 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Lawrenceville, GA Member No.: 4,719 Region Association: South East States |
I never used that brand. I always use Terry cables without any problems.
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| '73-914kid |
May 9 2010, 10:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,473 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Vista, CA Member No.: 9,714 Region Association: Southern California  |
Yup, I have a terry throttle and clutch cable in my car, and both are top notch. No problems with lubing Gemo cables, or any of the other mess that seems to occur from non-terry cables
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