On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, William Abbott wrote: > Aha! > RMMW advises us to buy a complete kit for $29/30 rather than > just the clutch cable for $6.25... well guess what? My '70's 'broken > clutch cable', when I finally got down into it to fix it, turned out > to have been a broken clevis pin ($2.25 separately) and grotesquely > worn lever arm ($ 15.75)- can you say Total Lubrication Failure? > The hole that the clevis pin goes through was elongated to a length > of over twice its original diameter- it was near to worn through > when the pin itself failed. > I feel for you. 2 weeks after I bought my bus, I had this problem. Was about 300-400 miles aways from home at the time as well. Fortunately, I had an uncle in San Diego where it happened, and well, the bus is happy, I'm happy. Good karma aboundeth. On a side note, this is something I check periodically now. Any suggestion from the list as to how often. Last time for me was in December. I'm gonna pop the bottom apron off this afternoon and take a peek at it today, while installing a twin airhorn set off of an electionic compressor. Can't wait to test it out on some bicyclists... -Jason
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