Snap, and then i was taught some patience

[payne4304]

Hi All

Following some advice from the legendary Arthur Farrow regarding an on/off clutch i went to test my work today, and it was great! Now i know to periodically clean my clutch plates and basket.

Pride comes before etc..and just as i was congratulating myself my clutch cable snapped at the lever. Fortunately i was in first and only a few miles from home. A gentle ride home followed...

Should i just fit a replacement Venhill cable? i read there have been some issues..Plus I'd like to keep the plastic nut adjuster at the lever.

Thanks for any advice

Best regards

Simon

[3potjohn]

Been there, the wrong side of a dozen sets of lights. I’d probably get a new one from Venhill in the first instance.
They do sell the component parts if you fancy a bash at making your own. You do need to make a birdcage at the cable end. I made something suitable by drilling down a pair of angle steel in a vice, then countersinking the top slightly. There is a nylon type sleeve over the lever end nipple I believe, at least there is on mine.
Very useful to measure outer length, inner free length and ferrule dimensions for future reference.

[Steve Brown]

Some of the supplies from Venhill have not been well received. Wrong inner/outer lengths etc. It's a shame but the patterns they were using may have been for bikes with different levers etc. The cables themselves are good quality but you do need to either specify the dimensions you want, or as John says, use a one of their kits and finish the job to suit your bike. It's very hit and miss asking anyone for a 'standard cable' for a Morini!

[Andy_C]

I have found Venhill cables a bit variable, quite literally.

They are sometimes slightly over or under length, you can get around them being slightly long.

Cant fault the workmanship, they are very well made.

I have a pair of spare Vehnill throttle cables that came with the Morini when I bought it - both were unopened and in the Vehnill sealed bags, thought I would fit them as the old ones were a bit tatty, both are just very slightly short and cause the throttle slides to hang so idle speed was around 3k. So removed them and fitted the old ones back on.

If you send Venhill a cable and ask them to copy it, they will do a good job, but the last cable I needed I just bought the bits from Vehnill and made it myself, if you do that be sure to make a "bird cage" at the inner end before soldering on the nipple as 3 pot John desctibed.