Hiya, just curious...in the Tiger 1050 service manual, to adjust the clutch cable free-play it advises to first off disconnect the battery (positive) before you start... why is that? Why do you need to disconnect the battery to play with the clutch cable?
Triumph nearly always seem to require the battery to be disconnected before maintenance is carried out. This makes no sense to me unless it involves electrics and messing with connectors. I cannot understand why it would be necessary when adjusting the clutch cable?
That's what I thought too @TRIPLE X . In fact, I pulled over on my commute just now to dial in the clutch a little...I didn't disconnect the battery!
Those instructions seem to be talking about 'removal' of the clutch cable. Presumably it goes under some headstock clamp along with the wiring loom (it does on my Speedmaster) so that's probably why they talk about disconnecting battery. But that's OTT and I certainly didn't even contemplate doing that when replacing the cable. I've noticed Triumph instructions always seem to tell you to disconnect and dismantle half the bike for any job.
Thanks all. Clutch all adjusted, at both the selector end and also the leaver end... not a disconnected battery in sight!
