[FC] Bad Clutch Cable Follow Up

[Greg Shaw]

  I checked the front clamp and tightened it up before I started. No movement. I'm getting a good free moving cable from my brother. I'll let you know how it turns out. 
    Is there an oil or grease I can get in the cable to keep it lubed up? Thanks for the replies.
   
  Greg
  

 
  Message: 5
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:34:23 -0400
From: Ken Hand 
Subject: Re: [FC] Bad Clutch Cable?
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
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???? I would check the clamp on the cable at the front of the FC, they have a habit of slipping.


Ken Hand
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-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Shaw <65vair180 at sbcglobal.net>
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Sent: Tue, 13 May 2008 5:35 pm
Subject: [FC] Bad Clutch Cable?



I've got a 61 Rampside that's giving me clutch trouble. I suspect the cable 
must be failing. I went underneath and tried to take every bit of play out of 
the cable. I would say I even had a little preload. Even with the cable this 
tight after about a dozen shifts from 1st to reverse and back in the driveway 
(it actually seemed ok) I let it idle a while and then tried to put it in 1st 
gear. It wouldn't go. I noticed then that the clutch pedal was not coming back 
up all the way and the first part of pedal travel does nothing. Would you say my 
cable is stretching (for lack of a better word)? Would a new cable fix this 
issue?
I believe this is unrelated but I noticed even in neutral when I let the 
clutch out the truck moves ever so slightly forward initially and the rpm 
dropped slightly. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Greg
Dearborn, MI


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