Easy clutch cable fix

[Boofhead]

Hi everyone,
the other day I asked for help with a broken clutch cable...thanks to everyone who helped.
What I ended up doing was purchasing a cable that was a couple of inches longer than the Raptors (it was off a Honda, what Honda I don't know!!).
* I then measured the original Raptor cable (broken at the lever) & cut the knob off the clutch end of the new Honda cable.
* threw away the Honda outer cable & fed the new Honda inner cable into the Raptors outer cable.
* A mate machined up a new brass knob for the clutch end & silver soldered it on...done, it was too easy!!
The cable cost me $25au (£15) & the machining was free. You are however, able to purchase the ends from bike shops & industrial supply stores for next to nothing. The stores in my town didn't have any in stock in the size I needed & I didn't have time to wait for them to turn up. The ends come in brass & aluminium this gives you the choice of either silver soldering or crimping them on (originals are crimped aluminium).
I hope I have been of some help to everyone.
Cheers
Boofhead

[shedmonkey]

Hein gerricke do an emergency cable and nipple kit, its just an inner with different screw on ends, took one with me to the Stella rally last year not tried it though

[snapdragon]

Hein gerricke do an emergency cable and nipple kit, its just an inner with different screw on ends, took one with me to the Stella rally last year not tried it though

That sounds like a handy thing to carry on a trip

[yeah!]

Hello...

The screw on top of a spark plug can be fitted to a broken clutch cable and crimped with..eg.. pliers. An emergency fix .....some farmers have 25 year old temporary fences......

[VRaptorMark]

Hein gerricke do an emergency cable and nipple kit, its just an inner with different screw on ends, took one with me to the Stella rally last year not tried it though

That sounds like a handy thing to carry on a trip

Would be but Hein Gericke closed a few weeks ago in the UK!!

[snapdragon]

Hein gerricke do an emergency cable and nipple kit, its just an inner with different screw on ends, took one with me to the Stella rally last year not tried it though

That sounds like a handy thing to carry on a trip

Would be but Hein Gericke closed a few weeks ago in the UK!!

they've re-opened now though

[VRaptorMark]

Not in Lincoln mate.

[snapdragon]

Not in Lincoln mate.

Ahh yes, just a select few isn't it ? Southampton, Manchester and Oxford are re-opened and they're the ones I know the way to

[Red Mist]

Not in Lincoln mate.

Ahh yes, just a select few isn't it ? Southampton, Manchester and Oxford are re-opened and they're the ones I know the way to

I passed the one in Preston yesterday and they had big "We are open again for business" signs in the window. Glad to hear it.

[VRaptorMark]

Not in Lincoln mate.

Ahh yes, just a select few isn't it ? Southampton, Manchester and Oxford are re-opened and they're the ones I know the way to

I passed the one in Preston yesterday and they had big "We are open again for business" signs in the window. Glad to hear it.

Whats strange is that the manager of the 1 in Lincoln said they were 1 of the only 1's that were making any money!! Still closed thou.

[dirtydog]

It's not just hein gerickes that do them

http://www.bidsforbikes.co.uk/gear-grem ... 1590-p.asp

Demon tweaks also do the same kit