Hello everyone,

After a handlebar change and a clutch adjustment which ended up having to change the clutch hub and entire clutch pack itself, I've been dealing with a new issue...

In a 91 FXSTC Softail Custom, with a BDL Competitor clutch, after doing a clutch adjustment twice already, after I drive the bike for a couple of days to a week, the clutch cable is getting loose and the friction zone moves back to the point where there's no more tension and I can't change gears anymore..

Any ideas what may be going on? Doing a clutch adjustment sort of fixed the issue temporarily but then it comes back and leaves me stranded not being able to change gears or coming back the next day to find the clutch cable being completely loose..

Has anyone had this issue before and what could be the culprit? could it be the transmission gears going bad or where the clutch cable connects to the transmission? Kinda lost and my mechanic has no idea either..

Thanks in advance.

 

When you adjust the clutch, are you having to screw the clutch hub screw in a little more or is it the adjustment of the cable.

Hub screw - bad throwout bearing.

Cable adjustment - bad cable.

 

I read your post- and are you saying that overnight or from one ride to the next, your cluch cable is suddenly loose? If so- are you sure someones not f-ing with your bike? Sounds strange.....

 

He said he changed handlebars....sounds like bad or cheap cable.

 

 

I'm with Max, Upon initial replacement op didn't adjust clutch properly and took out the through out bearing....

 

Throw out bearing or clutch nut loose.