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Offline zach87cp

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cable operated clutch
« on: August 22, 2014, 08:11:33 pm »
I was,wondering what a good cable for a cable operated clutch I'm running one on my supermod twin and it broke it was just One I had laying around the garage and have no idea what its off of I tried a,mini bike one and it broke just putting it on thanks for any help.
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Re: cable operated clutch
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2014, 12:35:36 am »
I was also thinking about running a cable operated clutch on one of my builds. I plan on using a brake cable off a snowmobile.
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2014, 08:50:03 am »
you should use a heavy brake cable from a quad . they have a treaded end and will never break
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Re: cable operated clutch
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2014, 11:03:22 am »
I was building my mower with a cable clutch I found one at advance auto only 25 bucks and don't think it would ever break
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Re: cable operated clutch
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2014, 10:07:08 am »
Morse cables, marine, last forever
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Re: cable operated clutch
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2014, 05:21:41 pm »
Quote from: Huffy044 on August 24, 2014, 10:07:08 am
Morse cables, marine, last forever

Yup
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Re: cable operated clutch
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 07:08:28 pm »
My first super mod used a cable it was a atv brakle cable worked well but once i tried the star clutch i was done with belts
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Re: cable operated clutch
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2014, 09:51:22 pm »
A while ago BMI karts had a throttle cable for a yerf dog in their clearance area that was pretty heavy.  I have been using that for 2 years now and it still works great.
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