i did my WO575s today. installed the clutch cable 38649-08a and its supposed to be +4 and its just a little short - an inch maybe. i will re-route cable, but just want to double check - are these really the same cable? i thought that letters at the end of a number just meant a slight enhancement or variation.

thx - tin

oh - and also - do you route the cable behind or in front of the crash guards? that may be where i lose the inch, i have it behind.

 

The -08 is not yet obsolete. It simply states "pending obsolete" so I don't know if there is a difference or not. I know you can obtain both cables still. It might have something to do with the frame change in 09 so it might be a slightly different length. As for the engine guard, it can be either way. I had mine in the back, but with the oil cooler I had to put it in the front.

 

as always, thanks dawg!

tin

 

went out tonight and tried to re-route the cable everywhere. it is simply too short. huge bummer as now i will have to drop exhaust again to swap another cable. wish i knew the length of this 08-A cable. now, what will be the perfect cable size?

help 2010 limited.

thx

 

2010 Limited takes a +4 clutch cable with the 575 bars. The stock length is 62.69", you want 66.29". 38923-09 is the part # for the Diamondback cable.

 

thanks train. thought i read in another post where you said 4" caused a kink for you and that +3 would be perfect. thats why i ordered the 38649-08 or so i thought. if this really is the part number for the +3 cable, then the 38649-08A must be smaller. never occurred to me that it would be. i'm such a dope!

tin

 

I actually had the cable run wrong, hence the kink. The +4 (when my dumb a$$ routs it right) works perfectly.

 

ok. crisis over. i went out and measured my old cable and yes it is around 62". then i ran picture hanging wire along my new installed cable and got a good estimate around 66" so i know i'm in the ballpark. it just didnt add up. then i did teutle jr. stare at the bike for a while and the duh..., yes - what a dumb a$$!!! it wasnt adjusted. after backing off the adjuster another 1.5" i realized i could make it work. not as much slack as the stock cable and bars, but i will feel ok and wont have to either rip the bike apart or route it in front of the fairing. thank you. thank you.

tin

 

Glad to hear you figured it out.