justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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You will note the casting the clutch springs sit in has milled areas for each spring. Close inspection will reveal they are different depths. The casting isn't the same thickness throughout & they mill each foting for the clutch springs so each spring is under the same load. I measured the thickness of each washer & ground them to fit inside the milled area, so as to not have uneven pressures across the clutchpack. Only used approximayely 1/8 thick washers & no more of that little OOOZE feeling when I am slamming thru gears. I am running Shell Rotella _T oil, It is just under $9.00 a gallon at Walmart. (Wrll, till oil hits $75.00 a barrel, then it'll go up I guess)
I am betting it's the oil, tho. NOt too likely it's the clutch, IMO.
EDIT* What I meant was, the clutch isnt shot at 16K miles. The mods didnt create a torque monster that cant be contained by the clutch , certainly not with a 50 MPH roll on. Thats the same clutch you had before the mods. IF it will slip at a 50 MPH roll on NOW, it SHoulda been slipping at 10 MPH in first accelerating away from a stop sign BEFore the mods. I believe the oil is the big deal here, & you will likely spot some slipping as you run thru the gears if you run it aggressively. When I did the carb, exhaust & air filter, I started feeling some slight slippage. When I did the cam chain, I did the washers. Problem solved. I rode it for several thousand miles after the mods before I did the clutch.
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