Clutch Cable Differences

Anyone know more about the different clutch cable versions?

Ordered a jimnybits aftermarket cable 23710-81AA1 with the rubber damper on the end thinking it would be a compatible replacement for my current cable 23710-81AA0 with the all metal end but found it was too long and couldn't disengage the clutch at max adjustment and had a lot of pedal free play.

Compared the two and found the aftermarket one has a longer coupling at the pedal end, long enough that it doesn't make contact with the hook on the pedal until it has been depressed even at max adjustment.

anyone know if this is a difference between the two versions or just a case of a poor quality aftermarket cable?

Image attached, aftermarket above and original below.

these differences looks very minor and should be able to adjust below by hand.
I am at clutch wire number three now i think. never had any problems with aftermarket "euro car part store" cables. Sure make the clutch feel alot better to change the cable ever so often.

Wonder if it is a specific issue with my car as the coupling was hard up against the rubber cable stop after adjustment and was still too long to engage with the hook on the pedal so there’s no way I can see it working on mine without modification. The original with the shorter coupling engages with the hook fine and still has wire free between the rubber stop and coupling.

On my 2001 the inner cable was too short and ran out of adjustment inwards, so I changed the clutch, which actually looked fine for another 50,000 miles.
With the new clutch the cable was still near the end of the adjustment.

Maybe there are different cables for the different gearboxes, one having a longer inner than the other.

(I changed the gearbox bearings and got rid of the noise from the input bearing while the 'box was out, so it wasn't a complete waste of time)

I’m on an R72 so could be that they need a shorter inner as the new cable was too long.

I fitted a LOF clutch but the original cable is the right length (and presumably has stretched over the years) and still has some adjustment left so not sure if it’s the clutch causing the issue.

Managed to pick up a blueprint cable cheap that has the same shorter pedal end as my original so I will see how that fits when it arrives as I suspect it is the pedal end causing my issue.

Eventually I will change my gearbox bearings (bought it at 77k miles with leaking prop shaft and not much oil left) but I’m not in any rush to take the gearbox back out again any time soon

I mentioned the clutch as that was what I was doing to mine, I thought that it was worn out as I'd screwed the adjusting nut as far up the cable as it would go trying to lengthen the inner and get more free play.

As the clutch plate wears it gets thinner, and the release bearing moves out, so you need to lengthen the inner cable to move the arm backwards. With the new slightly thicker plate I could move the nut forwards a small amount.

Mine was the older R7ME gearbox, I never thought that there were different cables, but it would have needed a longer inner, so maybe my cable was for the R72.  I didn't try a new cable as the old one looked fine, and if it had stretched it would have helped!