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Message started by ThumperPaul on 11/18/23 at 06:53:11

Title: Clutch Stuck Engaged?
Post by ThumperPaul on 11/18/23 at 06:53:11

My ongoing saga with this bike…. Went to move the bike in the garage…. It doesn’t want to roll easily in neutral. It rolled fine a week ago so it’s not stuck brakes. You know I have a piece of dowel rod in the cylinder but the engine can be rotated by hand at the crank. It’s been sitting a few days with the oil drained out. It’s about to get refilled today. Would lack of oil cause the clutch plates to stick and bind together? Note: there was about a quart of gas mixed in with about 2 quarts of oil when I drained it (from flooding carb I assume…. which is getting rebuilt today.).

I’m having so much fun. I’m learning more about what not to do than I am about what I should do! Good thing I have y’all so I’m not completely left unsupervised!!

Title: Re: Clutch Stuck Engaged?
Post by Armen on 11/18/23 at 07:21:51

In neutral the clutch has no effect on the bike rolling. Are you actually in neutral?

Title: Re: Clutch Stuck Engaged?
Post by verslagen1 on 11/18/23 at 08:32:01

yes it can stick with no oil, but you have to be in gear.

Title: Re: Clutch Stuck Engaged?
Post by ThumperPaul on 11/18/23 at 13:07:39

It not rolling freely in neutral. I need to get the wheels up and see if they will spin. But I don’t think that’s it, but I could be wrong. I’ve been using the front brake to rock and shake trying to see the dabgum piece of dowel rod in the cylinder!

Title: Re: Clutch Stuck Engaged?
Post by ThumperPaul on 11/18/23 at 13:11:28

I think I’m in neutral. Or where neutral should be…. With everything else, it could be that simple. Where I’m at, it seems a little easier than 1st gear. I might be 2nd. Feel like I’m losing my mind.