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Hi my 56 plate 600dlx vans cluch cable snapped back in april, so got it to the garage and had it replaced. Now last week it snapped again, the garage gave me a replacement cable (it snapped/came away from some kind of a metal weight and didn`t phisically snap) but told me it wasnt a faulty cable it must be an issue with the clutch itself. I was wondering i`ve lately had some heavily weighted concrete fence panels in the van, would this cause extra strain on the cable or not?? Anybody else had any experience of this problem ??
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the weight of the cargo in the van is not felt by the cable mate, only by the clutch driven plate so no, couldn't have caused that to happen. Was the cable routed correctly so it is away from the hot exhaust and the driveshafts? The clutch thrust bearing could be stiff but you would have a very heavy clutch pedal action if that was the case.
The big fat bit on the cable is the self-adjusting mechanism. Mine has jammed such that the pedal is high and hard against the stop even tho the clutch is not worn and has no slip so I am going to replace mine soon, woefully the oem cable is around £100 so I will be looking for a pattern one. Maybe a manually adjusted one from another model (zx, or pug 306) may fit so you can set the tension your self?
If the garage didn't route the replacement cable correctly then that could cause it to break prematurely.
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Yet another snapped cable yesterday, had it to the garage for a replacement clutch assembly and the problem was the bearing sleeve. It had broken away from the shaft part of it and that was the cause of the 3 snapped cables. New clutch kit, sleeve and a new cable for £270 all in I dont call bad at all.