Clutch Arm Went Limp While Changing Cable — Can I Fix This Myself?

[lalan45]

Hi all, I ran into a problem while changing my clutch cable. After getting the cable ends connected at both the lever and the clutch arm on the engine, I pulled the clutch lever and noticed there’s no return action — the lever just goes limp.
I’m guessing it’s the clutch return spring that has come off or isn’t functioning correctly. Has anyone experienced this before?
I’d like to know what could be wrong and if there’s a way to fix it myself without taking it to the dealer. Any step-by-step advice or tips would be really appreciated.

 

[TURBO200R4]

Post pictures of the lever adjustment and at the bottom cable adjustment and the arm position

 

[wjb]

This kinda sorta happened to me. I had to replace a broken clutch lifter piece and had a devil of a time getting everything to line up upon assembly. I could get the clutch lifter to engage the lifter piece but that return spring gave me fits trying to line it up at the same time as the lifter. After lots of attempts I finally gave up and switched to what Triumph should have done in the first place, put a coil return spring on the end of the clutch cable working against the clutch arm on the outside of the engine case.
It was easy and is very effective. I'd love to say I came up with the idea myself but I got the idea from someone on this forum, might have been O'l Bull??? Or maybe one of the other old (wise) timers here. He came up with this fix and gave me the dimensions for the spring and I picked one up at the hardware store.
I tossed the lousy stock spring as far as I could.