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How did you remove the cable from the sheath? The ends are too big to go through the sheath on the couple that I have had - the original VW one and the replacement Gemo one.
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Oldiebut goodie wrote:How did you remove the cable from the sheath? The ends are too big to go through the sheath on the couple that I have had - the original VW one and the replacement Gemo one.

Syncro cable must be very different so probably comes appart but 2wd doesn't
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diabolov wrote:When I needed to oil the clutch cable on the bike I used to make a plasticine cup around one end of the cable and hang it up fill the cup and let gravity
do the job. Or you can buy cable oiler and there is a cheaper non-hydraulic type to.

Try baby oil as a lubricant

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tried oil I was wondering if anybody knows how this works? how does it seal to cable

maybe a grease gun and some home made adapter might work better
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My 82 didn't have speedo bounce but this 89 does. It didn't bother me until this thread started :roll:
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Sir Brixalot wrote:. It didn't bother me until this thread started :roll:


easy don't read the thread :rofl
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Sir Brixalot wrote:My 82 didn't have speedo bounce but this 89 does. It didn't bother me until this thread started :roll:

Just imagine it as a trampoline for a small spider.
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I just knew it was a fluke :roll: Back to bouncing again :(
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The thing that bugs me more than the bounce is the noise
I can be driving along at any speed and suddenly I get a resonance which is very noisy

binicle cover off press on cable while driving it stops :?
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I don't get any noise with mine.
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R0B wrote:I don't get any noise with mine.

You're just winding him up now :lol:
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R0B wrote:I don't get any noise with mine.

...yet
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I will keep my stereo turned up in that case :)
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Oldiebut goodie wrote:How did you remove the cable from the sheath? The ends are too big to go through the sheath on the couple that I have had - the original VW one and the replacement Gemo one.
The synchro cable slides out from the front differential end once you grip the drive coupling. It’s been a while since I owned my 2wd but isn’t there a C clip at the binnacle end and then it slides out through the grease cap? Any Bowden type cable must separate unless the ends are mechanically crimped/soldered. Looking in Bentley it would seem that if you’re remove the c clip at the cap end you should be able to grip the inner drive cable at the binnacle end with needle nose pliers and draw it through leaving the sheath in place?
Even if you were to remove the fastener from one end ie grind it off wouldn’t it still stay sandwiched between the binnacle end clip and the c clip at the grease cap end?
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They are mechanically crimped, no c/e clip so can't be withdrawn (except the one outside the grease cap), any shoulder is needed to prevent the cable dropping out of the grease cap or driving up into the speedo.
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Oldiebut goodie wrote:They are mechanically crimped, no c/e clip so can't be withdrawn (except the one outside the grease cap), any shoulder is needed to prevent the cable dropping out of the grease cap or driving up into the speedo.
Then what logically follows is that the step at the binnacle nd stops the cable running out through the cap an£ the c/e clip on the cap will stop it tracking up, therefore the lower fastener/step can be cut off and draw the cable up and out?
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