BlackandYellowBanshee Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 So I had a brand new motion pro clutch cable. Very small amount of riding time on it. On my last dyno session, the mechanic said the clutch was too tight (no free play). I knew exactly what he was talking about. I fiddled around with the clutch adjustment. Went thru the arrow process... blah blah. I just couldn’t get it right without running out of adjustment on the perch. Got a brand new OEM cable. Side by side the oem cable is roughly an inch shorter than the motion pro. Went thru the adjustment for the 18th time and bingo. It’s perfect. Perfect amount of free play and plenty of perch adjustment left to accommodate for future cable stretch. I guess it’s possible the part number on the motion pro could have been wrong but that info is long gone. I just thought I’d throw this out there if someone is having similar issues in the future. Start with OEM and take the guessing game out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppedupandcutdown Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Good info. I've never liked Motion Pro, for a while we (my family of 5 quads) were going thru a cable every weekend out... and buying MP cables from the store at the dunes. Switched to Yamaha and they last a lot longer. Now I keep new OEM cables in the trailer, for every different quad we have and rarely ever need one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppedupandcutdown Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Oh, and I am a HUGE proponent for lining up the arrows as per the manual. Perhaps that explains why some people swear it's just not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackandYellowBanshee Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Yea... I actually bought the oem one to have on the trailer and had a hunch that it would fix the problem. A lot of people claim the arrows are hard to get lined up. I had zero issues lining up using the OEM. The MP was impossible. 36 minutes ago, hoppedupandcutdown said: Oh, and I am a HUGE proponent for lining up the arrows as per the manual. Perhaps that explains why some people swear it's just not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Shee Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 I wonder if this is my son's problem. He put a spacer up at the perch. Never had any problem with the clutch that I know of. Quad's not here so I can't say about the arrows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackandYellowBanshee Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Larry's Shee said: I wonder if this is my son's problem. He put a spacer up at the perch. Never had any problem with the clutch that I know of. Quad's not here so I can't say about the arrows. Spacers would work which is a great idea, but I would have needed at least 1/2 inch of spacers to compensate for the extra slack. The OEM cable even fits better (not so much of the cable over hangs the case on the clutch cover side). The MP was even starting a little wear mark from the cable protector on my new DD cover. Nothing excessively bad but it’s crazy how that 1 inch cable difference can affect so many things. I won’t think twice about ordering oem again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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