[tcb] Re: Clutch Cable
- From: abe schlichting <gogretago@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:36:44 -0800 (PST)
nice...i once "speed shifted" my bus from Taos, north about 20 miles through
Carson National Forest to Questa, then up about 4 mi of old logging roads to
get to a freinds place who had a shop, and parts busses...broken shift fork
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From: Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 6:28 PM
Subject: [tcb] Clutch Cable
Last Sunday it was a beautiful today in Houston and I had to go to work for a
short meeting so I decided it was a good day to cruise with the bus.
Tooling along the road and came to a stop light, sitting there and boom. The
clutch cable broke. I'm about 2 miles from work so I decide I can make it
without a clutch. Light turns green, I start the bus in 2nd gear and away we
go. Easy to up shift with no clutch, but no down shifting. Make to work about
20 minutes early and decide to take everything apart before the meeting, call
my wife and have bring the spare cable hanging on the wall of the garage.
Not. Cable is fine, clutch linkage/plate that attaches the cable to the peddle
shaft is broken.
Go to meeting and make a quality decision to drive home instead of towing.
20 miles of FM road, 7 stop lights, 1 stop sign, 2 hard right turns, 2 hard
left turns.
Took off in 2nd, up shifted to 3rd, drove 20 miles without ever shifting out of
3rd gear, never had to stop, ran one stop sign but made all 7 lights. As I was
getting close to the house, I called my wife, had her drive up to the front
gate and wait until she sees me and open the gate, cruise past her, down the
street, one more turn and pull into the driveway laughing all the way. :-)
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