Clutch Cables...

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Clutch Cables...

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Just snapped my second one in a month :x
They go very very stiff.... then snap?
Managed to get a heavy duty one which looks much much better. They go stiff rapidly and then they snap?
I changed one when I first got the car, it snapped last month and snapped again this morning.
Wheres the best place to get heatwrap? I think the heat off the turbo/exhaust is causing them to break.


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Are you changing the sheath as well as the cable? (I don't know if they come separately or not...)
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mjb wrote:Are you changing the sheath as well as the cable? (I don't know if they come separately or not...)
Yeh the whole cable gets changed.
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are they genuine dealer cable that are snapping ?
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First one when I got the car was standard manafacturers, the second one that snapped last month was a 'heavy duty' one from motorfactors as is the one I have now.
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