hungry clutch cable

hi

finally getting some time to look at my golf, stuck my head under the bonnet today for a mooch about and noticed clutch cable at funny angle. took cable out of guide (which was knackered) and saw this. have ordered new guide, washer and end plates but need advice on what to do about this mess, find a friendly welder? 

Guy

With a new cable you should be ok.
The reason your cable did that was that it was old and dirty and the grit and probably a tad out of adjustment caused it to slice through the metal.  I have seen it do that on both ends by the pedal and the tranny.  You could clean the metal and affix a Steel Fender Washer with some JB-Weld full strength. You could even clean the heck out of it tape it on the bottom and fill with JB as well.

That isn't that bad of damage, I have seen worse.

Just be sure that your new cable sits correctly.

Ahh that's fab.. Thank you!

Mine did something similar - I filled it with chemical metal filler, and then fitted the right length clutch cable (Previous owner had fitted a shorter length cable) for a different model golf.

Thanks Leeo

Yep, going to have to do the same and make sure this pulls straight

Thanks Leeo

Yep, going to have to do the same and make sure this pulls straight

Thanks Leeo

I'll have to do the same and make sure routing is correct

I routed mine round the front of the engine, and used a P-clip, roughly mid-way between the bulkhead and the clutch, attached to one of the rocker cover studs to position it (saw a picture of someone else's online).

Yeah, I saw that pic on the thread where Shughy posted a couple of engines bays. I need to find one of those p clips

Vehicle wiring products are linked on the LH side of the forum page, I think they offer members discount  - they do p-clips.

Good shout! Thank you.

There is also a plastic clip holding the cable upright fixed to the master cyinder on my golf but I don't have one on my Mk1 scirocco so I made one out of wire, this will keep the cable in the right position to stop is sawing its way through the housing.

MK2 golf have a metal steady arm that bolts to the gearbox itself, that'll stop this hapennign again. hard to find these days though! there are 2 types manual and self-adjusting cable, both work but the auto cable is bigger so you'll need to secure the cable with a tip tie or similar if you end up with a self-adjusting steady arm

While perusing a different forum, I ran across this that may assist you.

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