<VV> Broken clutch cable problem

[Marc Sheridan]

I received this request off line but thought I should share the answer with 
the group, for all the newbies out there.

The clutch cable repair kit I was referring to, and have never used, is the 
one described in the Corvair Technical Guide, aka: Tech Guide.

More often than not, the clutch cable breaks right at the ball where it 
attaches to the pedal assembly. So all you need when it breaks there is a 
way to reattach the cable to the pedal assembly. Kenneth Black wrote in the 
Tech Guide that all you need to accomplish this is a small eyebolt with two 
nuts, so you can adjust and lock down, and a cable clamp. You put the 
eyebolt in the pedal assembly, loop the cable through the "eye" and clamp it 
to itself with the cable clamp, make your adjustments with the nuts on the 
eyebolt and drive on!

Like I said, I've never used this remedy, but it sure looks like it would 
work and may even be an improvement over the ball that tends to bend the 
cable over and over. Ken wrote in the Tech Guide that he used this 
"temporary"  repair for five years in his Corsa.

It is listed in the Tech Guide as being a tip for late model Corvairs, so I 
don't know if it translates to early models or not.


Marc Sheridan



Hi Marc,

What is a cable repair kit and where does one obtain one?



Dick,

My '66 Monza with a 110/4 broke a clutch cable as I was leaving Nelson
Ledges this summer. I drove it 150 miles home using the starter and the
ignition is a Pertronix II. That was a stressful trip! Now I am prepared
and
have a cable repair kit in my in car tool box, which will guarantee no
further problems with the clutch cable :o).

Marc Sheridan



From: "richard shank" <indyvair at yahoo.com>

> Several days ago my wife took our 110 4 speed '68 convertible (that we

> bought new) to the mall to shop.  A few minutes later I get a call
that
> when she went to shift gears in the mall parking lot, the clutch went
> bang, to the floor.  Oh-oh, that sounds like a clutch cable to me so I

> drove to the mall in our '66 thinking I would start the '68 in gear
and
> drive the short distance home for repairs.  Good idea but it didn't
work.
> It would act like it was going to start on the first couple of
revolutions
> but then it wouldn't fire further.  It would start easily when the
> transmission was in neutral but not in gear.  Rather than run the
battery
> down, we towed it home to put in a new cable.  Now the question, it
has
> Pertronics ignition, is it possible that trying to start the motor
while
> in gear caused the voltage to drop enough to prevent it starting?  I
have
> read many messages on VV about making sure to get the proper voltage
to
> the distributor.  If this is the case, anyone
> running a stick shift with Pertronics ignition should be forewarned, I

> guess, that starting your car in gear may be difficult to do.
> Incidentally, it was the original clutch cable so 38 years on a cable
> isn't too bad!!  It didn't break at the ball however, but at the
pulley
> down under.  Now I have a nice piece of cable with a good ball on the
end
> to put in my toolbox for the next roadside repair, if--- it breaks at
the
> ball!!! - - - -Dick Shank