AJS Regal Raptor Clutch problem

[Guest]

Hi all,

New-b on here, I've had a couple of 125's in the past and about 18 months ago brought an AJS Regal Raptor DD125E mk2. It has approx 2800 miles on it since new.

Over the past two days the clutch lever has felt a little sluggish and not like it fully returned after I pulled it in to change gear. So on my commute home tonight I pulled over thinking that there was probably a bit of corrosion in the cable... As I pulled over I pulled in the clutch and changed down to neutral. Got myself on the side of the road and operated the clutch again to investigate when the clutch cable failed the bullet connector came off the end of the cable at the lever end rendering the bike un-rideable.

I am not able to operate the clutch lever on top of the casing by hand... Is this due to the lack of mechanical advantage? Or do you think my problems go deeper than a cheaply made chineese clutch cable.

Any help will be much appreciated as the bike is stuck at work and I'm relegated to a bike more suited to Bradley wiggins!

Thanks

Adam

[eastanglianbiker]

you wont be able to operate the lever on the case by hand fit a new cable and see what happens it should all be ok again

[Guest]

Thank you, one of the bikers at work is going to have a look with an adjustable spanner tonight to ensure the clutch is operating freely just before I spend on a clutch cable which may go again.

[eastanglianbiker]

the only way the arm would not be operating correctly was if the clutch itself had jammed up which is almost unheard of the reason it was geting heavier and heavier to pull the arm in with the cable was the fact that the cable was stretching and the strands were breaking possibly due to a lack of lubrication down the length of the inner cable

[Guest]

the reason it was geting heavier and heavier to pull the arm in with the cable was the fact that the cable was stretching and the strands were breaking possibly due to a lack of lubrication down the length of the inner cable

That was my initial assumption and admittedly I haven't completely removed the cable from its sheath, however, after it snapped at the bullet connector on the clutch lever there was what seemed to be free play of the cable in its sheath. And no obvious corrosion of the cable itself which worried me into thinking that it was perhaps a bearing in the clutch which had siezed, however, as the consensus seems to be that is not likely I wil opt for the new cable (cheapest) approach thanks for your replies