21-08-14, 04:24 PM
Unbeknownst to me the easy pull had arrived in the post yesterday and was sitting in my post box all day while I fidgeted about lubing up my clutch cable. (I'm an idiot!)
Good news first: after lubing and adjusting cable yesterday I took it for a short spin. Felt good to be back on it but I reckon a lot of my gear changes on the road were clutchless, which is ok because I could manage it at lights stopping and taking off and that was my bigger worry.
Bad news was when trying to fit the easy pull this morning my helpful neighbour decided he would give me a hand and ended up breaking one of the cables provided with it (it comes with 2, one shorter, one longer) so I had to use the shorter.
Long story short I couldn't get it to work. Here's a picture: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yaffhukiiscch8...105547.jpg
So my clutch cable sits in the top slot and the cable from the easy pull sits beneath it and attaches to the clutch lever. Could get that far but.. there is no resistance on my own clutch cable housing to actually pull the cable and operate the clutch. I played around with it for a while and couldn't get it to work properly at all so I've left it for now - possibly for good.
I reckon a trip to local bike shop tomorrow pick up some gt85 grease in a can and have a look at behind the sprocket cover is my next step.
Good news first: after lubing and adjusting cable yesterday I took it for a short spin. Felt good to be back on it but I reckon a lot of my gear changes on the road were clutchless, which is ok because I could manage it at lights stopping and taking off and that was my bigger worry.
Bad news was when trying to fit the easy pull this morning my helpful neighbour decided he would give me a hand and ended up breaking one of the cables provided with it (it comes with 2, one shorter, one longer) so I had to use the shorter.
Long story short I couldn't get it to work. Here's a picture: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yaffhukiiscch8...105547.jpg
So my clutch cable sits in the top slot and the cable from the easy pull sits beneath it and attaches to the clutch lever. Could get that far but.. there is no resistance on my own clutch cable housing to actually pull the cable and operate the clutch. I played around with it for a while and couldn't get it to work properly at all so I've left it for now - possibly for good.
I reckon a trip to local bike shop tomorrow pick up some gt85 grease in a can and have a look at behind the sprocket cover is my next step.