Harley Clutch Cable Adjustment

Remove the clutch cable cover.

Harley clutch cable adjustment.

Slight clutch adjustments can be made at the cable at the front of the bike. Adjust your cable clutch lever on your harley davidson yourself. Bob teaches you how to adjust the clutch and primary chain on your harley softail or dyna model. Designed to protect the clutch adjuster mechanism from dirt water and particularly juicy airborne arthropods the clutch cable cover or boot is the accordion looking piece of rubber that resides.

Often cable adjustments are made to vary the amount of friction zone or get more pull when shifting begins to slip. This is a thorough tutorial video on how to adjust your cable clutch lever on your harley davidson motorcycle. Shop clutch parts. Our example motorcycle is a 2014 harley davidson low rider but the process is going to be the same for whatever model of big twin you pilot.

Do it in your garage or your workspace. Be sure to achieve free play on the clutch cable to verify that you have proper adjustment on the clutch cable pack and check for the proper specs in your service manual for adjusting the primary chain if your model has the adjustment window. Have the pride satisfaction of working on your own harley. When i say full or complete adjustment it means adjusting the clutch inside of the primary at the clutch basket.

Hold the end of the cable straight upward and work some lube into the cable once again allowing gravity to pull the lube down into the cable.