lfe132

Do you replace your clutch cable every X number of miles or just wait until it breaks.
I've purchased a cable from Automotion and have had it for about 50k miles.
What are your thoughts?

theiceman

I replaced mine when I got the car as I did not tknow the age or condition of the cable and felt it was definitely one of those things that can leave you dead at the side of the road. I put my old one in the bag my new one came with and threw it under the carpet in the front trunk area as a spare. Never needed it.

flatsixnut

Having just replaced mine recently, i would say go for it. It is an easy enough job to do it yourself, so it cant hurt to change it. I had one that was not broken (yet), but was realy worn out and it felt like a new clutch after putting the new one in.

911S3.6

A lot depends on which crazy routing your model year has...LOL!
The 1975 911 was one of the worst and least longevity- had a 90 degree entry at the transaxle- they fail religiously around 29K-30K miles.
It is an easy replacement.
FYI- Only use an Porsche OEM cable - no aftermarkets!

obersturm

Hi Michael (flatsixnut),

totaly OT, but had to tell you I like the pic in your avatar.
Shame good old Paul bit the dust today.
But hey, if I get to 83 the way he did, I wouldn't complain....
RIP

Best regards
Martin

Edgy01

Like every moving part on a car, it needs to be monitored. If you rely upon the car for treks into the Badlands then you need to stay on top of these things by becoming pro-active. I found that generation of cables to easily go 100,000 miles,--but that's simply MILES. As these cars are aging in YEARS now too, you have to consider many of the plastics and rubber components will be aging whether used or not, due to heat and UV radiation.

If you are upgrading something like your stock pressure plate to something more substantial then you should seriously consider upgrading all those parts at the same time.

jakeflyer

We recently had a problem with the pin that holds the clutch pedel to the shaft. We had to take the cable off at the front and having read Peter's comments about using a factory Porsche cable, we put one in along with the new roll pin in the pedel/shaft. The Italian made cable had less than 2000 miles on it. The Porsche cable was a huge improvement and worth the extra $40 or so. The cable wires are thicker in the factory cable and I assume it have a longer life. Sure does work nice.