Last week I noticed an oil stain on the floor under the bike. Checked where it came from and found out it must have come off the clutch cable.

Wiped off the oil and cleaned the clutch cable. Didn't ride the bike since I 've cleaned the clutch cable.

Now one week later there's an oil mark on the floor again. What could cause the clutch cable being soaked with oil?

 

I'm just taking a guess here but maybe the casing around your clutch cable is cracked and oil is running down inside the cable and seaping out. Can you slide that cloth liner towards the clutch housing and see if the cable is damaged?

 

there is a rubber gasket that goes around the cable that threads in... remove the cable and replace the gasket... also it could be a leaky oil filter flowing down and pooling there... when you ahve the cable off lube it

 

You could be right the cable being cracked, abi....I think I would be best to take off the cable and check it out and replace the o-ring as well.

 

Joe,

I checked the oil filter....bottom of all engine sections are clean, dry and oil-free.

I guess you're refering to this O-ring that goes around the cable at the threaded end?

 

+1 and yes thats the o-ring he's talking about

 

Thanks responding Jerry!

 

Mine looked just like yours before they changed the cable and the o-ring under warranty. the tekkie at HD told me to expect this to happen again.

 

Changed the clutch cable this weekend and found out that the cable fitting had loosened from the cover. This caused oil sweating out and collecting at the lowest point of the clutch cable.....

Now I have some more questions over here:

Question on clutch ramp coupling....

 

Rene, a little trick to keep the new one from leaking...

When you screw the cable in, just run it up finger tight. Then put a wrench on it and give it a nudge. If you try to crank on it, you'll distort the o-ring and it will leak.