Clutch Cable Replacement & Misc.

[ng86]

I had a few questions concerning my clutch cable and the like. For one, i neglected to check to see if my clutch cable was worn when i replaced my throttle cable and alas i was riding home yesterday and it snapped when i attempted to shift .
So 2nd gear all the way home

Anyhow, i was taking off the front sprocket cover when i noticed it was extremely dirty, and i found some o-rings while i was cleaning it. Does anyone know what these are? Theyre 2 small rings about a 1/4 of an inch.

My guess was that they were part of a seal for the push rod, which was leaking a very small amount of oil when i moved it.
Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Another thing i was going to ask the community here is this: How easy is it to install the factory pro shift kit?
Sometimes its a bitch to get into 2nd gear, and i know others have had the same issue haha.

I was also thinking about doing the jetting correctly and getting a kit then tuning it up to get max hp.

Thanks!

[reelrazor]

The o-rings are likely from your chain....

pushrod takes a standard shaft seal style seal,

chain has literally hundreds of small o-rings.

Get a new clutch cable, adjust it correctly, and you may find that most of your 2nd gear issues go away.

???and why 2nd all the way home??

[ng86]

The o-rings are likely from your chain....

pushrod takes a standard shaft seal style seal,

chain has literally hundreds of small o-rings.

Get a new clutch cable, adjust it correctly, and you may find that most of your 2nd gear issues go away.

???and why 2nd all the way home??

So how would i replace the shaft style seal? Im not sure if it was just leaking slightly because i had everything apart or what.
But youre probably right about the o rings, its a fairly old chain.
I just ordered a whole new clutch cable rather then getting my local shop to repair it, they take far too long. And by adjusting it correctly what do you mean by that? The correct tension and such?

But 2nd gear was all it would stay in wouldnt really let me shift, and when i had to stop it stalled so i just pushed the start button and kinda ran with it .
But hey it worked so i was happy.

[apsolus]

that happend to me one day, i was sitting in traffic and the cable snapped sending me flying into the rear end of this truck!

[yamaha_george]

that happend to me one day, i was sitting in traffic and the cable snapped sending me flying into the rear end of this truck!

Which is why old time riders, check the bike over every time they go to ride it. Fluids (oil,hydraulic, battery,coolant,gas) , brakes , lights , cables.

me, I tend to do the same routine on my return, saves any nasty suprises when I wanna ride on alovely day and the battery is flat or some such.

Once you get into the routine of doing this (it does help if you ever owned a Brit-Iron I suppose) you get to enjoy riding with no unintended off road excursions or soil sampling / road rash.

Once in 50 years of a clutch cable braking when delivering a new bike (turns out the lever had casting flash not properly polished off & thus CUT the clutch cable) is enough thanks. Now when buying new I check for that too.

[MaParkerColo]

Once you get into the routine of doing this (it does help if you ever owned a Brit-Iron I suppose) you get to enjoy riding with no unintended off road excursions or soil sampling / road rash.

Some people consider these things simply part of the "Adventure" though

[yamaha_george]

Once you get into the routine of doing this (it does help if you ever owned a Brit-Iron I suppose) you get to enjoy riding with no unintended off road excursions or soil sampling / road rash.

Some people consider these things simply part of the "Adventure" though

I know some guys like that the excursion to "S.E.Asia (AKA Viet Nam)" was an Adventure too :-}