Pre '71 Clutch cable

I see clutch cables listed as for use with or without the alloy lever. I've got early chrome levers on my '72, along with a drum brake. Mostly because I like them. Is the 062813 clutch cable what I need for use with US bars? I don't know the technical term for the free space, or whatever you would call this: The distance in between the nipple and the start of the cable sheath cap. That is; the amount of actual bare cable you can see. That's how I size up whether they will work or not. Back to my question - is that amount of space I'm referring to different on the alloy lever cables, or is there some other difference?

The clutch adjustment procedure is in the Workshop Manual, as well as the Riders Handbook, I'm sure it is in Clymers and Haynes also. I don't know if there is a difference in the setup of your clutch lever, some levers have a different pivot distance, the one on my 69 is 7/8".

Dave
69S

Hi Dave,

Not trying to adjust, but trying to buy the correct one. The one I'm using now is a bit cobbled up, and needs to be replaced.

My spares book for the 68-70 lists the clutch cable as 06.0930 (home- euro bars) and 06.0919 (export). Old Britts lists another number for the 71.

Dave
69S

I believe the cable inner, outer and movement lengths are the same on all the cables, however the threaded type adjusters on the steel levers have a different size hole in them and suit different cable-outer-ferrules and I have found that most of the cables now available only fit the later alloy adjusters. I have had to modify my cable on my 750S with aftermarket ferrules.

OK, now that makes sense. Thanks all!