Took my Norton for a WOF. Nek minit...

[Voltaire]

Nice day on Saturday so I took the Commando for a WOF.....its always interesting to watch them check it over...... got its WOF and thought might go for a ride on Sunday....pulling into drive and clutch pulled right back.....
found this....a clutch cable with out 10 hours on it....

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/rednzep/FeckingClutchCable.jpg

Looks like the cable is just poked in a soldered....not splayed or anything.
Supplier said we have sold lots and you are the first to complain.....
" lucky it was not a front brake cable'
" laughter.....yeah"

[Crasherfromwayback]

" lucky it was not a front brake cable'
" laughter.....yeah"

For sure. Certainly no laughing matter.

[Paul in NZ]

Yeah thats not good....

Did you retrieve the nipple or did it fall into the box?

I use the heavy duty Venhill cables whenever I can - they seem to last.

[SPman]

Venhill are good.

[Voltaire]

The nipple is sitting in the box at the moment....the Norton has been pushed to the back of the queue....the joys of classic ownership.:facepalm:

I'll be going for Venhill in the future.....oddly he said they were the same price as the local one......

[avgas]

pffft my two strokes used to eat a cable a month like that.
Venhill are better.

[Road kill]

I had a kit for making up my own cables a while back.

This has just reminded me I haven't seen it since the last house move.

Hmmmmm.

[Motu]

You need to ease the strain on the cable with clutchless shifting, just use the clutch for getting under way. Hammer weld the next nipple on.

[Kickaha]

Fit a hydraulic clutch http://www.coloradonortonworks.com/catalog/engine.asp

[bsasuper]

Fit a hydraulic clutch http://www.coloradonortonworks.com/catalog/engine.asp


So whats this got to do with a WOF?