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Message started by OCScumbags on 09/10/15 at 15:47:34

Title: Clutch slip issues with new discs and rod
Post by OCScumbags on 09/10/15 at 15:47:34

Just finished a ton of work on a bobber build for a friend. He said he wanted the clutch replaced so i obliged, before reading this forum i threw out the old plates. I only replaced the secondary plates. The clutch was a little slippy after it all went back in, i tried riding it around a bit and it started to get a little better, so i thought. Now it simply doesn't grab it all. I checked the rod length and found the stock one installed was a little short (stuck out about 11.75mm) so i made a new one with drill rod and made it protrude 12.5mm. Closed it all up and there's just absolutely nothing. I feel the bike go into 1st and the positron of the clutch lever means nothing, what should be fully engaged doesn't even make the bike lurch forward.

What am i missing here? Oil has always been wet clutch oil, plate replacement went by the Clymer manual, rod length is correct. I'm lost please help!

Title: Re: Clutch slip issues with new discs and rod
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/10/15 at 16:01:31

How much slack in the clutch lever before you start pulling the cable?
Is it reAl easy to pull the clutch lever?
Someone who is having trouble, but feels like that one area is okay, so, no details on what oil....
Go ahead, what oil? Someone here might have had an experience..

Title: Re: Clutch slip issues with new discs and rod
Post by OCScumbags on 09/10/15 at 16:04:57

I adjusted the cable until it felt normal, disengaging isn't the problem here though.

Oil being used currently is Valvoline 4stroke motorcycle oil

Title: Re: Clutch slip issues with new discs and rod
Post by verslagen1 on 09/10/15 at 16:43:11

6C607040564E41424450230 wrote:

I adjusted the cable until it felt normal, disengaging isn't the problem here though.

Oil being used currently is Valvoline 4stroke motorcycle oil

I don't think you are getting the point.
Do you have a gap at the lever when released?
If there isn't any then its too tight and will slip

Title: Re: Clutch slip issues with new discs and rod
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/10/15 at 17:21:39

2D3234332E2918281820323E75470 wrote:

Title: Re: Clutch slip issues with new discs and rod
Post by OCScumbags on 09/10/15 at 17:25:26

After it not engaging i loosened it completely. In gear. It didn't grab.

With the clutch rod protruding 12.5mm and the cable disconnected there's slack in the lever.

Title: Re: Clutch slip issues with new discs and rod
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/10/15 at 17:40:50

Adjusted properly, is the lever easy enough for a little girl to pull?
Is the clutch actuator arm returning to
Home position?

Title: Re: Clutch slip issues with new discs and rod
Post by OCScumbags on 09/10/15 at 18:27:06

I've had the cable at every possible tension setting. The clutch plates never seem to grab ever.

What i have trouble wrapping my head around is that I can feel slack between the levers "cam" and the clutch rod. Shouldn't that mean the basket had zero tension and should engage. Right?