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[Twolanerider]

Damn, just ripped the sticker off into tiny pieces, but I thought it was an 07 number.  I'm off to see if it can be unscrewed up and put back together.

Jim

<LATER>  Sticker seems to say 38805-07...........

Just checked that part number at Chicago HD's website.  Does indeed show up as a clutch cable.

So 07 apparently got a new part number.  The new part number, in and of itself, I'm not sure suggests a length difference though.  I say that only because you said a buddy's bike just like yours seem to have plenty of length.  A little manufacturing variance perhaps?  We don't really know at this point.

If you've loosened off everthing you can, gained all the travel you can and still can't make it reach the reason doesn't really matter though.  An alternative might be ordering the 04-05-06 part number since it's a known good length.  I'm still a bit flummoxed on yours though as some 07 bikes have these bars .

[Eqcons]

Just checked that part number at Chicago HD's website.  Does indeed show up as a clutch cable.

So 07 apparently got a new part number.  The new part number, in and of itself, I'm not sure suggests a length difference though.  I say that only because you said a buddy's bike just like yours seem to have plenty of length.  A little manufacturing variance perhaps?  We don't really know at this point.

If you've loosened off everthing you can, gained all the travel you can and still can't make it reach the reason doesn't really matter though.  An alternative might be ordering the 04-05-06 part number since it's a known good length.  I'm still a bit flummoxed on yours though as some 07 bikes have these bars .

I guess we need to know if 38805-07 is an HDI only part, and maybe the 38697-04 part was fitted to domestic 07s.   Easy enough for me to measure the length while the bike is in bits, but of course we don't know the length of 38697-04....

Jim

[Twolanerider]

I guess we need to know if 38805-07 is an HDI only part, and maybe the 38697-04 part was fitted to domestic 07s.   Easy enough for me to measure the length while the bike is in bits, but of course we don't know the length of 38697-04....

Jim

Hopefully someone with an 07 parts manual will see this and help out.  I can't imagine what specifications difference would force a different clutch cable for HDI.  Suppose some difference in burst strength standards or types of wrap might account for it?  It does seem unlikely though.

[Hoist!]

Hopefully someone with an 07 parts manual will see this and help out.  I can't imagine what specifications difference would force a different clutch cable for HDI.  Suppose some difference in burst strength standards or types of wrap might account for it?  It does seem unlikely though.

Probably doesn't help much, but the P/N for the SERK3 is 38797-07.

Hoist!

[Eqcons]

Hopefully someone with an 07 parts manual will see this and help out.  I can't imagine what specifications difference would force a different clutch cable for HDI.  Suppose some difference in burst strength standards or types of wrap might account for it?  It does seem unlikely though.

Does seem unlikely, though anything is possible. Hopefully somebody with an 07 parts manual will be along shortly as you say.

Jim

[Eqcons]

Probably doesn't help much, but the P/N for the SERK3 is 38797-07.

Hoist!

Thanks Howie - trouble is we can't find the lengths for all these part numbers anywhere.

Jim

[Twolanerider]

Does seem unlikely, though anything is possible. Hopefully somebody with an 07 parts manual will be along shortly as you say.

Jim

Just in case some 07 owner isn't interested in the 575 bars and might therefore not peer in here might be worth starting a thread with a request in the title.

[hd-dude]

Thanks Howie - trouble is we can't find the lengths for all these part numbers anywhere.

Jim

Jim;
I have done a few 575 swaps on 07 SE without issue on the clutch cable. I would wonder if yours is routed a bit differently?

[Eqcons]

Jim;
I have done a few 575 swaps on 07 SE without issue on the clutch cable. I would wonder if yours is routed a bit differently?

Routing is as good as it can be to get max length, so not that I think.

However..... I've now got the length I need!    I cut the cable ties fixing it to the bottom of the frame, and at the bottom of the downtube.  That gave me the inch I needed, though of course it "cuts the corner" a bit where it starts to climb up the downtube, so I'll need to just make sure everything is out of harm's way down there.

Jim.

[Twolanerider]

Routing is as good as it can be to get max length, so not that I think.

However..... I've now got the length I need!    I cut the cable ties fixing it to the bottom of the frame, and at the bottom of the downtube.  That gave me the inch I needed, though of course it "cuts the corner" a bit where it starts to climb up the downtube, so I'll need to just make sure everything is out of harm's way down there.

Jim.

That's good news Jim.  Love simple solutions.  I know you've already thought of it.  But.....

Before you button it all up move it to full deflection both ways.  Just to make sure you're good.

[Chief]

According to my parts book, 3885-07 is the cable for both domestic and HDI. I've got the bars coming and I really hope I won't run into a problem.

[Eqcons]

That's good news Jim.  Love simple solutions.  I know you've already thought of it.  But.....

Before you button it all up move it to full deflection both ways.  Just to make sure you're good.

It's part of the plan, Don! 

By the way - those nice bushes didn't fit!    Something else they've changed.  Diameter on the ones you sent is much larger than the originals. Luckily I didn't destroy the original in my attempts to remove!  They should fit my Sporty though, and that's a whole lot easier of a changeover!

Note of caution for anyone else doing the swap on an 07 - the bushes are a smaller diameter.

Jim

[Eqcons]

According to my parts book, 3885-07 is the cable for both domestic and HDI. I've got the bars coming and I really hope I won't run into a problem.

Don't think you will Charlie.  Most time consuming part is the internal wiring in the bars.  (Molex connectors - dontcha just luv em?  Errrr.... no. Bring back Deutsch!!!)

Jim

[Twolanerider]

It's part of the plan, Don! 

By the way - those nice bushes didn't fit!    Something else they've changed.  Diameter on the ones you sent is much larger than the originals. Luckily I didn't destroy the original in my attempts to remove!  They should fit my Sporty though, and that's a whole lot easier of a changeover!

Note of caution for anyone else doing the swap on an 07 - the bushes are a smaller diameter.

Jim

That sucks.  Never occurred to me they'd be different.  Well, glad they'll fit the other bike.  As long as they've got a use .

[Eqcons]

That sucks.  Never occurred to me they'd be different.  Well, glad they'll fit the other bike.  As long as they've got a use .

Nor me!  But they'll do even more good on the Sporty, where vibration is King! 

Jim