View Full Version : CLUTCH CABLE HAS SNAPPED! a few questions
how much are they??? where do i get them from??? are they easy to do??? and whats all this about a pedal as well???
the car is currently sitting slap bang in the middle of town as we speak(and its airshow day)! had to walk home and wait for dad to pick me up and go and tow her back!
KingStromba
25-08-2005, 12:52
Rac did my clutch cable at the side of the road in my volvo.
If your a member call them out, but just happen to have a spare in your glove box :wink:
but wont that go down as a call out??? mines all clear at the moment so it keeps the membership down
MatBrown
25-08-2005, 12:55
Only about £19 from Renault and make sure you use genuine, easy enough if you tie the new one to the end of the old one to get the routing correct.
Don't forget to reset the rachet mechanism on the pedal.
Mat.
ratchet mechanism??? im confused! may just ring RAC instead
snakeylady
25-08-2005, 12:58
exactly the same thing happened to me at a set of traffice lights in Ipswich!! the garage where I bought her from in Sudbury came out and towed her back [they are brilliant to me] FOC and got her sorted but it was a bugger to do - if I remember it was around £150 - they had to get at it from underneath I think.
MatBrown
25-08-2005, 13:03
Yes, easiest if done from underneath.
The ratchet mechanism is simple, as the cable or clutch wears the teeth slide along each other to allow the pedal to be in the same place, easy to reset, just pull them apart (spring loaded) and put them at the beginning, will probably moves loads straight away as the clutch will still be worn.
Mat.
tis about £15 for a pedal assy and bout the same for a cable....worth doin both together if ur not sure on the history of the pedals
Andyvalver
25-08-2005, 15:04
Pain in the arse to do. cables about £15 from renault. Dont forget to tie/connect the new cable to the old one for when you pull it throught the bulk head. Right pain in the arse otherwise. :D
was towed home! ordered the cable! and will do it myself! so guys i need your help! step by step guide please!!! as im a total novice!!!
Andyvalver
25-08-2005, 16:07
I knew they would tow you home mate. As soon as they see its a williams or a valver they think......**** that lol :D
Engine out thats what Valvers and Williams is all about1!! :lol:
happened on my valver coming out of work, still drove it home though lol, part was about £15 from renault, got my local mechanic to fit it, said he never wanted to do it again though!
right andyvalver sent me this pic! obviously the airbox has to be taken out! then i unhook that below!
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y108/fatboy78/Copyofpicture00004.jpg
then what?
do pull the old snapped cable back thru there?? and feed the new cable thru from the pedal? or do i feed the new one the from the clutch end? i will get the front end up on some ramps.
Andyvalver
25-08-2005, 19:09
You dont need ramps. You need to unhook the cable in the pic and pull it from the box. Take off your heat shield and you should be able to see where it goes into the bulkhead to the pedal. Dont pull it stright out, try and attatch the new cable too it so you can pull it through with the old one. If that fails the tie some wire to the new one and thread that through. Tis a pain in the arse and you could really do with a mate to pull it through while you feed it in. Once its through, attarch to the pedal which also can be fiddly then route it all the way back to the box and have fun trying to get it back on that end. :D
SORTED!!!!!!!!!! thank god my neighbour across the road is a mechanic! and guess how much he wanted! fook all! gonna buy him a 20 pack of stella for his kindness
MatBrown
27-08-2005, 14:37
SORTED!!!!!!!!!! thank god my neighbour across the road is a mechanic! and guess how much he wanted! fook all! gonna drink a 20 pack of stella for his kindness
:shock:
Mat.
Andyvalver
27-08-2005, 14:58
Nice one mate. Did ya try and do it ya self first? Right pain in the arse aint they :D
Smokey McPot
27-08-2005, 15:51
I did mine in an hour, with no previous mechanical skills :D
Piece of cake, next i might dismantle my gearbox or fiddle with something.....what could possibley go wrong.
yeah had a look took the airbox off and battery unhooked it and thought what the ****!!!! luckily my neighbour across the way pulled up came over and had a look! he said best get a jack he asked if i had one and i said no just a scissor jack, so he went and got his trolley jack and took over from there!!!! bastard getting it thru the bulkhead! but am pleased none the less :D
katbloke
27-08-2005, 16:05
What we need is a full on section on stuff like this say a step by step pictorial guide, thank heavens for good neighbours n1 fatboy
Smokey McPot
27-08-2005, 16:05
That was the hardest bit, especially cos this was the 3rd cable, and the remants of the first were left in the space down there, so when that came out i thought i'd got it all, but didnt realise until I'd been fishing about for 20 minutes that the one i broke was blocking the path of the new cable......grrr.
nice one
my clutch cable snapped yesturday at 5.00pm, thought **** aint gonna be able to make the track day, fook fook fook...
drive to reno, ring gsf on route, no stock, reno no stock... so went and tried partco, got there just as they was closing, they had one! bingo! :D and its a much better fit than my old reno cable, and was so much easier to push thru the bulkhead aswell.... wonder how it will stand up though.
Have been reliably informed that snapped cable is a first sign of worn clutch. You get used to a heavy clutch so don't realise it but a renault specialist noticed mine was heavier than normal and so got local mechanic to change clutch and cable as was cheaper.
So if you have just snapped a cable. Think about a new clutch or carry a spare cable for when it happens next time.
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