1nstysnake

i have a habbit of breaking the clutch cable i have a III peace steeda quadrant cable and adjuster this would be the 2 time am i doing something wrong?

99BlackPonyGT

^ you seem like a d-bag.... all caps typing and a s/n "hell ya i street race"


to the OP, it sounds like your cable is adjusted too tight, and also it sounds like youre using a junk cable to begin with

go buy an OEM cable, they are the best out there

1nstysnake

[QUOTE=HELL YA I STREET RACE;6799987]SOUNDS LIKE YOUR HAVING SOME PROBLEMS THERE DUDE LOL.DO YOU HAVE THE ADJUSTER TO TITE OR SOMETHING?[/QUOTE hey do you know all caps=yelling

motorman524

I'd also consider an adjustible cable from Steeda, especially since you are running a solid quadrant and firewall adjuster.

motorman524

And this made me laugh a little

1nstysnake

i do have the oem cable still ill try it out thanks. i was thinking about just changing the tko600 for a aod/aode built trans because its getting to hard to shift the car do you know anything about that?

1nstysnake

hey whats up sorry about earlier and i do have the steeda double quadrant/ adjuster and cable idk what the problem is?

motorman524

Everything is cool about earlier, looks like that thread was taken off anyway.

So are you running an OEM cable or an adjustable? Like the other dude said, sounds like the cable is too tight.

1nstysnake

right now the adjustible, i have the stock oem cable still just to get by

cliffyk

Two problems I have found with after market quadrants are:

1. They are thinner at the pivot point than the OEM plastic unit, which allows them to float about laterally on the shaft and not align properly with the cable passage in the firewall. This stresses and wears the cable as it rides on the sidewalls of the adjuster groove;
2. The edges of groove in the adjuster are not radiused and thereby exacerbate the above situation;

The solution to 1. is to use washers, or make spacers of the appropriate thicknesses, so as to to keep the quadrant aligned with the firewall passage (likely a firewall adjuster with an after market quadrant).

The solution to 2, is to use a mill file to make a slight radius (1/16" or so) on the edges of the adjuster's cable groove--also make sure you grease it all up when you install and periodically afterward.

The failures I've seen in adjustable cables are often caused by the adjusting rod not pivoting freely in the clutch lever's keyhole slot. This causes the unavoidable pivot motion the occur at the crimped cable to adjusting rod junction--the cable doesn't like this and fails at that point.

In one instance I found that the installer had used the jam nut on the forward end of the adjuster rod to clamp the rod into the clutch lever--the cable failed in less than 2k miles...