Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 10/25/09 at 04:46:04:Sure you do .... remember all the endless bitching about that the "worn out" clutch plates people took out of the bike all measured well within the Clymer/Suzuki service specs?
Duh, they were still useable plates -- nobody had tripped over the clutch rod length thing or the fact that Suzuki sold clutch rods in 1mm longer increments for this very reason.
Our bikes have a limited adjustment range on the clutch adjustment and on the rear brake adjustment that require you to DO SOMETHING so as to be able use up the rest of the friction material.
Id have to have one opened up & hold the parts in my hand to get it. Well, to have a CHance at getting it. It took me quite a while to understand, not accept but realize exactly WHY the car clutch did what it does, as I adjusted them out( car, truck, ehh,, big pressure plate & a throw out, sameeey Sameeey)
AHAAA! Eureeka, I think it just flashed "Up there"..So, as the plates get thinner, the Stop for the rod moves to the center of the bike?