OK. You've dropped a clue:
"...now granted the one that megadan linked me that I bought does have a different end of the outer cable where it connects to the adjustment screw at the clutch lever and it doesn’t seem to stay in there like the stock one."
The Hawk has a standard adjustable nut on the lever. Not sure why you feel like it shouldn't. This also suggests that the lever isn't OEM.
Someone replaced the levers, maybe??
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Originally Posted by GaryF11
I’ll try to get pics tomorrow I’m tired of even looking at the bike right now I just do not understand I tried a 48.8 inch cable, didn’t work…. Now a direct factory replacement (supposedly) and it still didn’t work.. absolutely nothing I do gives it enough room to reach the shift arm or the other way around if I attach it to the clutch lever it does not have enough room to reach the shift arm.. now granted the one that megadan linked me that I bought does have a different end of the outer cable where it connects to the adjustment screw at the clutch lever and it doesn’t seem to stay in there like the stock one. With that being said I took the adjustment screw at the clutch lever completely off and installed the cable that way because the end of the outer cable was perfect size to slide in the threads of where the adjustment screw went. That gave me the perfect amount of slack to install it on both ends.. BUT… after about a mile of riding with no issues it pulled the end in toward the clutch lever and I could no longer operate the clutch so that is no longer an option.. but the cable I was sent does seem to be designed to just stick in that hole and not the adjustment screw as it’s too small to fit snug in the adjustment screw like the stock cable. The outer cable length is the same as stock but the inner id assume is shorter by about 2.5 inches since I cannot reach both ends even with both adjustments closed all the way in for maximum cable slack. I paid $18 for the cable I bought and because of that end being the way it is I’m assuming that it is not the right cable even though it says “haosen rps hawk 250 replacement clutch cable”. I contacted the seller on eBay because the picture shows the regular cable end and not the weird one I was sent but I’ve had no reply :/ … anyways I’m lost no ideas other than to buy another cable which I’m ready about $60 in the hole just on cables maybe more.. ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION I used an angle grinder to grind the thickness of the little loop that the cable attaches to at the shift arm to half of its original thickness thinking that’ll bring it close enough to attach, while it did bring it closer it’s still about an inch and a half short so I have tried EVERYTHING…
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