Technical Those pesky clutch cables!

[jp]

2 broken clutch cables in 1 month (the hook end of the cable that locates with that incomprehensible push rod malarkey); what’s the score?

jp

 

[HP]

This sometimes indicates that the clutch release lever pivot bushes inside the bellhousing are shot - if so it's a gearbox off job to fix. If you are handy with the spanners you could do it easy in a day.

Pete.
Cinq sporting 1242cc
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[Babysei]

ive had the same thing happen to mine twice bout 6 months ago...wot a s**tter.....kept taking it back and they kept fixing it and then it wud go again...arrrgghhh...mind you it hasnt happened recently...touch wood

The One & only xxx

 

[Surrey Sporting]

I have heard on the Fiat Uno and the Seat Ibiza, that the clutch cable 'going' is a common occurance, due to the design being originally LHD and the cable having to be re-routed for RHD.

Don't know if this is true, but it (kinda) makes some sense and may well be the SP on the Seicento.

 

[Evil-Punto]

My birds cinq has eaten 3 cables in 8 months and it is getting on my tits. They alway break at the same place. Is there nobody that sells a better reinforced cable or a way to convert it to a hydraulic clutch?

 

[John H]

Have you tried another car to see if your clutch is too stiff [?]

That _might_ by why it keeps breaking..

 

[HP]

There's a triangular shaped plastic bit that the clutch cable end connects to inside the car, check that this is not damaged as it will pull the cable at an angle and break it if it is.

Pete.
Cinq sporting 1242cc
http://mysite.freeserve.com/close_to_cracking_up/

 

[Evil-Punto]

Yeah, I replace that every time, i've only had 1 snap.
Fixit- the punto sporting 1.2 had a hydraulic clutch the same as my 1.6 sporting. Was the conversion from cable easy?

Cheers

 

[zaplap]

If it makes all you rhd boys feel less hard done by , the clutch cable on my left hander snapped yesterday [:0].
What a very useful and informative forum you´ve all got here.
Oh , and hello , I´m new here

 

[gaz.d]

i had 2 go on me in a matter of about 3 months, both at that pivitol point, I now carry a spare on round with me and have learnt how to fix it myself.

I have been told that there is a way of strengthing it but I didnt really understand what the mechanic was going on about, but its got something to do with stretching it and routing it a different way, but I dont know

 

[HP]

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Yeah, I replace that every time, i've only had 1 snap.
Fixit- the punto sporting 1.2 had a hydraulic clutch the same as my 1.6 sporting. Was the conversion from cable easy?

Cheers
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Woops - only just saw this post:I

I've kept the Cinq gearbox, so the clutch etc. is the same. Is the 1.2 sporting the 16v? I pinched mine from a 60, so it's only an 8v.

Pete.
Cinq sporting 1242cc
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[yellow_sei]

Mines gone twice in 2 years - not as much as some, but still very annoying - especially as one of those times was on the motorway [xx(]
I've heard that it's due to a poor RHD conversion aswell, that was off the AA guy who fixed it for me.
Why don't we all get together and petition a manufacturer to make a reinforced cable? Someone like AP racing could then sell it as part of a sports clutch kit surely? Worth a shot methinks, even though mine is under warranty still. Mind you at the rate they go you could nearly count the cable as a bloody consumable!

 

[yellow_sei]

Oh and another annyoing fact is that when it got taken to Fiat, they said they'd never even heard of this fault! [!] No wonder they come bottom for so many customer satisfaction surveys if they didn't even know about that one!

 

[Sei-Mad]

I guess it would be a good idea to get one for spare since I think mine is going to go soon, sometimes, its hard to get reserve.

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