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Triumph part needed.
Posted by JERRY on February 12, 2024, 3:18 pm
Friend of mine has a 1965 Bonneville and he wants to replace the primary chain cover for the later one that has a plate you can remove to change the clutch cable without taking the complete cover off. I think this mod was used on the 1966 model. Anyone got one for sale or any idea where to try.The oldest rocker in town!
Re: Triumph part needed.
Posted by Tonupdave on February 12, 2024, 4:29 pm, in reply to "Triumph part needed."
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Re: Triumph part needed.
Posted by Stuart on February 12, 2024, 6:06 pm, in reply to "Triumph part needed."
Hi Jerry,
>Friend of mine has a 1965 Bonneville and he wants to replace the primary chain cover for the later one that has a plate you can remove to change the clutch cable without taking the complete cover off.
Shum mishtake shirley ... Triumph twins clutch cable goes into the gearbox outer cover, on the timing (right-hand looking forward) side. Primary cover's on the drive (left-hand looking forward) side.
'65 650, he should be able to change the clutch cable without removing the outer cover, his bike should have the same cable attachment as my 500 - "Abutment" screwed into the cover, spacer between the top of the Abutment and the bottom of the cable outer, he loosens the adjuster at the handlebar end of the cable, pulls up the cable outer at the Abutment, removes the spacer, unscrews the Abutment, the end of the cable inner is a ball nipple just above the top of the outer cover, he rotates the cable inner about ninety degrees 'til it's about horizontal then he wiggles the cable nipple out of the "Connector" it's in.
<u>'68</u> onwards gearbox outer cover, the clutch cable has a threaded adjuster that screws into a different "Abutment" that's both threaded internally for the cable adjuster and threaded externally to screw into the gearbox outer cover. However, if his bike has this, the cover should have a threaded plug to remove to access the end of the clutch cable inner.
Your friend should have a Triumph parts book for his bike. If he doesn't, he should look in the "Vintage Bike" magazine online library, compare his bike's parts with the parts books' exploded drawings.