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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: th3_f15t on 11 June 2018, 10:28

Title: Clutch Cable Question
Post by: th3_f15t on 11 June 2018, 10:28

If you have a manual adjustment clutch cable, can you replace like-for-like with a self adjusting cable? If so, what addition bits do or don't you need compared to a manual adjustment cable?

Title: Re: Clutch Cable Question
Post by: h8v on 12 June 2018, 07:57

I replaced the original self adjusting cable with a manual one about 20 years ago.

Can't remember what issue caused me to change it, but the manual cable has been satisfactory since then.

Title: Re: Clutch Cable Question
Post by: dragonfly on 16 June 2018, 10:53

Can we replaced like for like - you just have better ability to adjust the manual one and less troublesome.  There is a support rod attached to the gearbox that holds the clutch cable upright.  On the auto the collar is wider at the top.  I just fashioned a new rod from a welding rod and with a smaller collar to accommodate the manual cable.  Not a necessary addition as these rods are sometimes missing but worth doing if you like things looking right.

Title: Re: Clutch Cable Question
Post by: th3_f15t on 17 June 2018, 15:53

By the sounds of things, people often switch from the self-adjusting version to the manual. Probably just stick with that for now then.

Title: Re: Clutch Cable Question
Post by: gazareth on 10 July 2018, 19:10

6 and half a dozen really. manual cables don't need adjusted very often after the initial stretch.