I went to disconnect my clutch cable to grease it as per suggestions for my stiff clutch. This is the first time I have looked at this item on my car and it didn't look like the setup in the manual at all. The manual shows an adujusting nut on one side of the bracket and another nut on the other side. My setup doesn't have any nuts, it has a large plastic knobby adjusty thing with a hose clamp next to it on the engine side of the bracket. I didn't try to disassemble it but I took some pictures so you guys could look at it.

Is this setup normal? Does it look like a good setup? Should I just take it all apart grease it and put it back the way it was??

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Replace it. I bought one from IPD and was shocked at the reasonable price. Do some dialing, and I am sure that where ever you are you can find a new cable today, at a fair price. The hose clamp was used by my dealer as a "last resort" before they replaced the one on my 90. Seems that sometimes they won't hold their adjustment, and the clamp serves as an extra lock. It's a band-aid, and I didn't need one on the next three cables. Full service life of the factory part was about 90K miles on my car. Drove the rest of the way to work and home again without it, but it's easy if you live in the country. Scr** towing charges.

Replace it. I bought one from IPD and was shocked at the reasonable price. Do some dialing, and I am sure that where ever you are you can find a new cable today, at a fair price. The hose clamp was used by my dealer as a "last resort" before they replaced the one on my 90. Seems that sometimes they won't hold their adjustment, and the clamp serves as an extra lock. It's a band-aid, and I didn't need one on the next three cables. Full service life of the factory part was about 90K miles on my car. Drove the rest of the way to work and home again without it, but it's easy if you live in the country. Scr** towing charges.

Definitely time for a new clutch cable, if you can't pinpoint the last replacement.
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Chris Herbst, near Chicago, IL. 93 940, 91 240, 90 240, 88 740, 87 240

It looks the same as is on my 81 242. It is probably ready to break, the reason it is hard . I did not see a way to take the cable apart. For the time it takes , plus the tow truck to get it to your repair location and possible lost time , get a new one. Mine broke and it cost me due to down time. Mine was hard to push at the time . The woven cable broke in the cover out of sight.

Eck Sheppard 81 242

That cable looks like the one that was on my volvo before it broke. The one i replaced it with looks MUCH different, but works just as well. Clutch cables on volvos seem to be known for breaking....


Most dealers and parts places want 80 bux for a new cable. After calling around, I found that I could get one threw Carquest for about 20 bux. This was on my friends garage account, so your price may be a little higher, but certanly check them out before you pay 80 bux for one.


Good luck :)