Clutch adjustment issues -- funky clip at the cable end

I think this may be causing my adjustment issues. it is a cylindrical clip with a sort of spiral cut-out that slips over the cable end. My guess is the previous owner used the wrong cable and this clip is designed to take up the space. It shifts around and seems to add just enough slop to make the clutch feel inconsistent. Can someone confirm this is incorrect so I can order a replacement from chacal?
Y'all are awesome!

 

bump -- can someone verify this is not correct before I order a new cable please?

 

They all have that little teflon sleeve to begin with, it's to make it operate smoothly and not let the barrel on the cable wear out the hole in the lever. New cables come with 'em, I don't know if I've ever seen them avail separately. If you're having clutch adjustment issues, I hightly doubt the little teflon sleeve is the cause of your problem. What's the exact issue?

 

There's supposed to be a Slotted Bushing surrounding the Lead Bullet on the end of the Cable.

Its there to allow the Bullet to swivel and pivot within the cavity on the Clutch Lever ... rather than there a tight fit and friction that would cause the Bullet NOT to FLOAT and ... after just a few times bending the actual cable -- back-and-forth -- cause it to break right off and leave you stranded with a broken Clutch Cable.

 

thanks guys. the slotted bushing slips out of place (actually hangs half-way out of the hole) and that allows the "lead bullet" to move, creating slack. Since it is supposed to be there I will try and find a way to keep it in place, since the bike shifts OK when it is.

Cheers!

 

sounds like you're neoprene bush has broken, it should be easy to get a new one, try a bicycle shop.

 

Try flipping it over, and ask Chacal if he can supply separately. I just don't know how you'd get it on there. A lot of aftermarket cables don't have them, relying on actual LUBRICATION (!) to prevent said binding...or you might want to go ahead and get a new clutch cable which will have the little bushing on it, intact. Yours looks a bit buggered up...

 

there is a long slot in the bush, fitz, that's how they get it on in the first place.

 

looks like you have no freeplay at all and with the locking ring right up on the perch is seems like you were trying to get some, does the clutch slip?

 

All original OEM cables come with that nylon/teflon bushing installed on the clutch cable lever end, but it is non-removable......it is installed BEFORE the barrel (or bullet) end is crimped onto the cable and althoutgh it is slotted, the slots do not go to the outer edge of the bushing, thus no way to remove the bushing (nor install a new one).

All aftermarket cables use a larger diameter barrel (or "bullet") on the clutch cables that matches the the O.D. size of the original sleeved bullet.....and thus no nylon sleeve. I've never heard of a problem with them binding or seizing up, although I suppose that without periodic lubrication, that is a possibility. In both the case of the OEM and the aftermarket cables, the diameter of the bullet (or bullet-with-sleeve) is smaller than the diameter of the lever bore---it is not a press-fit.

 

how can you tell that from that picture?

 

He can't, but little known to most members, Polock is psychic!!

 

quick followup. Chacal sold me an aftermarket cable without the bushing (larger bullet) and the shifting is infinitely better. The cable is slightly longer, but thanks to reading earlier posts I knew to rotate the clutch arm on the spindle a few splines. Highly recommend this $16 10 minute job. (I used triflo -- I hope that was a good call!)

And to Polock, I was dancing between slippage and bucking, and now it's smooth as silk.

 

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