September 18, 201311 yr to save you more thinking time...in the olden days we used to make a plasticine funnel and let gravity do the work that's how I do it, bluetack also works.
September 18, 201311 yr Moderator ..........Am I old before my time? Now, where did I leave my slippers...... aye ... codgers are better than bodgers
September 19, 201311 yr yep, I use blu tac, tie the cable end up in he air fill the blu tac funnel with engine oil, come back next day, reconnect
September 19, 201311 yr Author Well I'm not quite sure what's happening now - going to work this morning and when I release the clutch, the bike moves off really smoothly, the clutch doesn't appear to slip and there is no secondary engagement of gears! The clutch lever is adjusted back to almost minimum and the push lever returns to the exact point it should do! Now to get a new speedo gear thing as the old bearings are shot! Can't wait to see an accurate reading on my dial instead trying to find the average! Mine is an '94 model - anyone know when it changed? I've got a feeling it was late '80's and then around '02?
September 19, 201311 yr Author Have you oiled the cable now Andrew? Yes mate - sorted it dinner time today with a good load of oil using blue tac as a funnel. By the time I finished work it had all soaked through. I managed to get a load in last night from the opposite end and forcing the cable in and out. The outer casing has some light damage and had started rusting, mixing with old oil. Thick rust and oil came out eventually in lumps! Looked just like the mother in laws gravy.
September 19, 201311 yr Moderator Ahh good, It'll be OK now then and you might have to do it again sometime Still... I'd recommend you buy one of those gadgets and an aerosol 3 in 1 oil sometime
September 19, 201311 yr Author Definitely! Took me ages to free it up properly and I got bloody cold. For £7 I'll be getting one - beats the time I spent pissing around with it. Glad I took a second look at my 'free' cable.
September 19, 201311 yr Moderator Definitely! Took me ages to free it up properly and I got bloody cold. For £7 I'll be getting one - beats the time I spent pissing around with it. Glad I took a second look at my 'free' cable. yeah...DEF !
September 21, 201311 yr It pays to do it 3 or 4 times a year, stops the problem from re-occuring and lenghtens the life of the cable
September 22, 201311 yr Author For the sake of a few drops of 3 in 1 I think I'll do it when I oil the chain!
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