ashman
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In my younger days of owning my Norton it had a habit of breaking a clutch cable regularly, I got good at riding home without a clutch, lucky my gearbox was a dream to up and down shift and when I had to stop at lights it was easy to go into netrual, when I had to put it back in gear I just gave the bike a slite push before ingaging first, just had to keep the revs up so it didn't snuff out, it only cost $2.50 for a new cable in them days so use to buy a few but it always broke when the spare was at home.
The cable was breaking at the lever end where it ran through the adjuster so I started to put a dab of grease on the cable and adjuster and never had a problem after doing that, so every oil change I rub new grease on that part of the cable, I also put a dab of grease where the cable runs throught the gearbox, I ended up with the same cable for 30 years before I replaced it with the new cable about 5 years ago and I still put the dab of grease on the ends, I do this with all my bikes even my new Thruxton.
Ashley
The cable was breaking at the lever end where it ran through the adjuster so I started to put a dab of grease on the cable and adjuster and never had a problem after doing that, so every oil change I rub new grease on that part of the cable, I also put a dab of grease where the cable runs throught the gearbox, I ended up with the same cable for 30 years before I replaced it with the new cable about 5 years ago and I still put the dab of grease on the ends, I do this with all my bikes even my new Thruxton.
Ashley