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Message started by PerrydaSavage on 06/25/06 at 10:24:54

Title: Clutch lever assembly CRAPPY metal!
Post by PerrydaSavage on 06/25/06 at 10:24:54

Well, the past couple of days I've been picking at the buck-horn bars on my Savage ... rotating 'em up a little bit to give me a bit more reach in the hopes that if my elbows aren't "tucked in" so much when Riding I'll improve the overall handling ... successfully rotated the bars a bit higher, but had to rotate the mirror/clutch lever assembly back so that I could adjust the left mirror to see behind ... in the process of tightening the allen bolt which prevents the whole assembly from rotating, it stripped out due to the cheap, crappy "white metal" of the unit ... so, sweating a little and not wanting to spring the bucks for a whole new assembly, I scratched my head ... and broke out the drill and a 3/16th H.S. bit, drilled the hole all the way thru to the other side. I then slipped a longer bolt thru the hole and threaded a nut & washer on the bottom end ... adjusted the whole unit and tightened ... doesn't look pretty, but it seems to work ... why didn't Suzuki make the lever/mirror mount assemblys from steel instead of that soft, crappy white metal? ... would've been better quality and looks too ... ::)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/PerrydaSavage/LeverFix.jpg

Title: Re: Clutch lever assembly CRAPPY metal!
Post by Ed_L. on 06/25/06 at 13:16:14

They made the mounts out of that cheap white metal so it breaks at the mirror mount when the bike falls over in the garage. Had it happen last year.

Title: Re: Clutch lever assembly CRAPPY metal!
Post by PerrydaSavage on 06/25/06 at 16:14:28

Yup, that explains it I guess LOL!! Jeesuz, a few extra bucks for quality material wouldn't have broken the Suzuki Motor Corp. ... ::)

Title: Re: Clutch lever assembly CRAPPY metal!
Post by lancer on 06/25/06 at 18:15:11

Yep, most everything on the bike is cheap. At least they managed to get the engine designed before they ran out of project money.

Title: Re: Clutch lever assembly CRAPPY metal!
Post by GaThumper on 06/26/06 at 06:33:15

lancer wrote:

Yep, most everything on the bike is cheap. At least they managed to get the engine designed before they ran out of project money.

...except for that little rubber plug....

Title: Re: Clutch lever assembly CRAPPY metal!
Post by vroom1776 on 06/26/06 at 08:59:00

EVEN THE BOLTS THAT HOLD ON THE VALVE INSPECTION COVERS ARE CHEAP! I found this out last nigth! >:( Got 'em out easy, though!