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Old 07-24-2008   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by opelnut10 View Post
My handy-dandy fix (being a drag racer and not feeling secure unless I have a spare everything) is to clip a second e-clip in the groove in front of the one where you have you clutch adjustment set then if you have a failure of the first clip, the second one will hold the cable close enough to get you home.
After noticing that the majority of Opel racers at "The Rim" were using a hose clamp as back up and later having an "e"clip myself break I came up with a little different solution. I used two "e" clips with a washer separating the two, effectively dividing the load between the two clips.

Harold
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