 Retiring my trusty wing nut, She has served me well. |
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| JawjaPorsche |
 Jan 27 2012, 01:33 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 3,463 Joined: 23-July 11 From: Clayton, Georgia Member No.: 13,351 Region Association: South East States  |
Everybody has a wing man. I have a wing nut!
About 25 years ago while driving my teener home from work on a dark cold night, my clutch cable broke. They break at the worst times. I has able to limp home in one gear. The next morning I climbed under my tenner and noticed the entire cable end with nuts and clutch end had broken off and was gone. Finding a new clutch cable was no problem but had no luck finding a clutch cable end. This was 25 years ago and the internet was still in Al Gore's mind. I found a wing nut and made it work. I was looking on Pelican Parts online and noticed they had a clutch cable end. I just replaced my trusty wing nut which survived numerous shifts. I can't believe it has been 25 years. Terry Attached image(s)  
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| GeorgeRud |
Jan 27 2012, 01:57 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
The end of the cable should be a 7mm nut. Though you've had wonderful luck keeping the clutch operating for all these years, many folks recemmend double nutting the cable end to prevent slippage. Originally, I believe that there was a nylock nut on the end to keep it from loosening.
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| JawjaPorsche |
Jan 27 2012, 02:13 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,463 Joined: 23-July 11 From: Clayton, Georgia Member No.: 13,351 Region Association: South East States |
Oh, I double nut. When it broke 25 years ago, the clutch cable snap in two and everything was lost somewhere on the highway!
QUOTE(GeorgeRud @ Jan 27 2012, 02:57 PM)  The end of the cable should be a 7mm nut. Though you've had wonderful luck keeping the clutch operating for all these years, many folks recemmend double nutting the cable end to prevent slippage. Originally, I believe that there was a nylock nut on the end to keep it from loosening. |
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