Posted by Bruce Richmond on February 10, 2008, 6:15 pm
> >You can swap a cable on the side of the road.
> I unloaded a motocross bike from a trailer at the trail head. The clutch cable
> snapped as I pulled it to get into gear. I was able to patch it with some
> safety wire and ride the rest of the day, but I expected it to break every time
> I pulled the clutch. I did a lot of clutchless shifting that day.
A few years ago I was stopped at a red light on my KZ1000. Seeing the
light was about to turn green I pulled the clutch in and dropped it
into first, only to have the cable break. With the engine at idle and
the front brake on it just stalled. Fortunately I had read long
before about the dangers of sitting at an intersection blipping the
throttle with the bike in gear. When the light turned green I just
hit the starter button with the bike in gear and rode on without the
clutch.
Bruce
> >Try fixing a leaky/contaminated hydraulic system by flashlight on the
> >side of the highway.
> Hydraulic systems rarely fail with no warning. I have bled a hydraulic system
> (not mine)at 12,000 feet in a Rocky Mountain pass on the Great Divide. Most
> hydraulic failures just slowly degrade until they no longer work. The time to
> repair is when they start to degrade, not when they stop working. The people
> who don't notice the degradation are the same people who aren't capable of
> fixing it no matter where it happens.
> No, you probably can't replace a hose on the side of the road but only because
> you don't have a hose and a little fluid with you. Most (not all) cable owners
> do not carry spares either. I have had two cable failures in 42 years of
> riding. I'll take those odds and won't bother carrying a spare.
> --
> Jack
Posted by Jack Hunt on February 10, 2008, 8:38 pm
wrote:
>Have done the same thing with cars.
I was sitting at a red light in San Angelo, TX in my MG Midget when the clutch
disk came apart and lodged into the pressure plate. The clutch pedal had no
resistance at all. I was headed up hill just enough that I couldn't start it in
first gear. The pickup truck behind me had big rubber pads for pushing farm
machinery. I went back to him and explained the problem and asked him to give
me a push when the light turned green again.
I put the car in neutral and started the engine. He gave me a push and when it
got up to about 10 mph I got it into second gear. From then on I was good to
go. Put a new clutch, pressure plate, and throwout bearing in it the next day.
--
Jack
Posted by . on February 10, 2008, 9:35 pm
> I was sitting at a red light in San Angelo, TX in my MG Midget when the clutch
> disk came apart and lodged into the pressure plate. �
Same thing happened to my TR-4 at a slalom race at the Los Angeles
Coliseum. I just drove the car home, shifting without releasing the
jammed up clutch.
Posted by saddlebag on February 14, 2008, 6:48 pm
> > I was sitting at a red light in San Angelo, TX in my MG Midget when the clutch
> > disk came apart and lodged into the pressure plate. �
> Same thing happened to my TR-4 at a slalom race at the Los Angeles
> Coliseum. I just drove the car home, shifting without releasing the
> jammed up clutch.
Mine actually broke while I was riding. I continued until I had to
slow to make a turn. I was afraid to make the downshift so I just hit
the kill switch.
Posted by Turby on February 10, 2008, 1:43 pm
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:05:16 -0800 (PST), "TOG@Toil"
>Can't remember the last time I had a clutch cable break, actually.
I've replaced at least two on my KLR in <40,000 miles.
--
Turby the Turbosurfer
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> I unloaded a motocross bike from a trailer at the trail head. The clutch cable
> snapped as I pulled it to get into gear. I was able to patch it with some
> safety wire and ride the rest of the day, but I expected it to break every time
> I pulled the clutch. I did a lot of clutchless shifting that day.