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  1. 27th August 2012, 10:41 #1
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    Took my Norton for a WOF. Nek minit...

    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/p...lutchCable.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"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    " lucky it was not a front brake cable'
    " laughter.....yeah"
    For sure. Certainly no laughing matter.
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  3. 27th August 2012, 10:52 #3
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    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.
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    Venhill are good.
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  5. 27th August 2012, 14:59 #5
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    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.

    I'll be going for Venhill in the future.....oddly he said they were the same price as the local one......
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    pffft my two strokes used to eat a cable a month like that.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Fit a hydraulic clutch http://www.coloradonortonworks.com/catalog/engine.asp
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    Fit a hydraulic clutch http://www.coloradonortonworks.com/catalog/engine.asp

    So whats this got to do with a WOF?
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