Clutch Cable woes

[kyouteki]

This may be a totally noob-ish question, but I am having quite a time trying to get my clutch cable off. I have released it from the handlebar lever, but I am not seeing exactly how to get the other side off. It looks like, loose, I should be able to slide it out to the left/front, but it doesn't want to budge. Any suggestions? Thanks!


Clutch Cable by kyouteki, on Flickr

[cowboyup3371]

Push down on that assembly until the spring pops loose from either end. You can also just loosen the cable from the handlebars and pull down until the cable itself slides out.

But loosening that spring will give you a lot more leeway to work that plus the round assembly piece out for cleaning

[Sci85]

You should be able to just push the wire down until the bare wire is below the clasp. Then, if it's loose enough, the whole clasp should rotate forward and let you slide the wire out the back side. I don't recall mine being anything difficult. Just make sure it's loose enough to allow the wire holder clasp to hinge forward.

Sci85

[Nessism]

You should be able to just push the wire down until the bare wire is below the clasp. Then, if it's loose enough, the whole clasp should rotate forward and let you slide the wire out the back side. I don't recall mine being anything difficult. Just make sure it's loose enough to allow the wire holder clasp to hinge forward.

Sci85

Yes, this. Leave the spring alone. You need slack in the cable before you can push it down and release it from the clasp.

[kyouteki]

The cable has lots of slack, all of the slack I can give it, but it just won't budge from that clip. In fact, if I push on the cable from the handle side, all it does is push the whole lever down. Is it perhaps rusted on? I wish I could see it from a better angle.

Then again, maybe it'll all become clear to me once I have my new clutch cable.

[sedelen]

You should be able to just push the wire down until the bare wire is below the clasp. Then, if it's loose enough, the whole clasp should rotate forward and let you slide the wire out the back side. I don't recall mine being anything difficult. Just make sure it's loose enough to allow the wire holder clasp to hinge forward.

Sci85

I agree, maybe it needs a little help, like grabbing the cable with a pair of needlenose and pushing it down, or a little WD-40 to help loosen it up.
It just looks to easy to be that stubborn.

[kyouteki]

See, and the wire doesnt seem to be threading through the clasp at all, they are acting as if they were both one piece. I may cut the cable to see if that helps me out at all.

[Flyboy]

Some of those clasps have a little tab inside, under the head of the cable to stop it unhooking, check if yours has that little tab, if so, just bend it down with a screwdriver and you are good to go.

[kyouteki]

The tab is it! But the trick is getting to it...having a heck of a time getting anything in there to bend that tab. So close!

Edit: Got it! Had to improvise a tool with a flathead screwdriver bit and a pair of vice grips, but I got that stupid tab folded back!