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10/22/10 at 22:15:01

I am haveing problems with my clutch.

How do you adjust it correctly and what oil should be in the engine.

Only had the bike 2 mths it had been stood 4yrs just got it running put car engine oil in it with it being a 4 stroke fitted new clutch cable .

Tried adjusting clutch cable up and down but the gears seem to clunk in and out of gears when changeing them whilst rideing the bike . ???

Any ideas please Very frustrating i am trying to learn about this lovely bike .

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28787 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Clutch Reply #1 - 10/22/10 at 22:41:05 10W40 OIL Stay away from energy saving oil rotella is good
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28787 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Clutch Reply #2 - 10/22/10 at 22:42:06 what do you mean it goes clunk?
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mmg123 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 72 Cyprus Gender:	Re: Clutch Reply #3 - 10/22/10 at 22:49:20 Like hard to shift into gears its not smooth. Its shifting into gears but not smooth more like your forceing into gears . And thank you from above 10 40s oil any api rateing ? or just any 10 40s will do.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28787 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Clutch Reply #4 - 10/22/10 at 23:01:31 there's quite few that'll work. search oil diesel grade oil has the best additive package. How do you have the clutch lever adjusted? should have about an 1/8" gap when you take the slop out of the cable. are you shifting at low rpms or high?
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Reply #5 - 10/22/10 at 23:34:00

Thanks on oil grade will have a shop around for the best one its got mutigrade 51w 50 in at the moment.

Has for high rpm and low whilst changeing gear its all the time. But its much easy whilst doing 30 to 40k onwards higher revs and speed its better but if your slowing down its like jerky . Jerky lower speeds. Especially if your crawling in 1st gear.

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Reply #6 - 10/23/10 at 07:38:26

mmg123 wrote on 10/22/10 at 23:34:00:

Thanks on oil grade will have a shop around for the best one its got mutigrade 51w 50 in at the moment.

Has for high rpm and low whilst changeing gear its all the time. But its much easy whilst doing 30 to 40k onwards higher revs and speed its better but if your slowing down its like jerky . Jerky lower speeds. Especially if your crawling in 1st gear.

Use a good synthetic motorcycle oil,Like Klotz,Engine will run cooler, You will use less oil,And trans will shift easier.No clutch problems if you use motorcycle oil.

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Reply #7 - 10/23/10 at 09:31:00

mmg123 wrote on 10/22/10 at 23:34:00:

Thanks on oil grade will have a shop around for the best one its got mutigrade 51w 50 in at the moment.

Do a search for oil, diesel oil, car oil and you'll see what been used before and what to watch out for. Wally sells rotella in the 15w40 and the T6 in the blue jug at the best price. And the T6 has the correct rating for the bike.

mmg123 wrote on 10/22/10 at 23:34:00:

as for high rpm and low whilst changing gear, its all the time. But its much easier while doing 30 to 40 onwards. higher revs and speed its better but if your slowing down its like jerky. Jerky at lower speeds. Especially if your crawling in 1st gear.

You must be a new rider, practice, practice, practice. 1st gear will always be a bit jerky, the key is to pull in the clutch and let it roll. When you need to speed up, rev up to about 2k rpm and slip the clutch.

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Reply #8 - 10/24/10 at 09:07:02

No i am not a new rider been rideing bikes for 26 years Then i came across this suzuki savage what had been imported from the uk where i used to live then imported here by a english guy here I now live in cyprus someone mess with it and left it for dead it was stood for 4yrs i have rescued it and registered it here/

Trying to bring her back to life . I did what you said reset clutch cable 3mm gap at lever much better 100 percent better. I will be getting some oil in the morning do the oil change and let you know the outcome.

thank you so far for your help . Kind Regards mmg123 Cool

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Re: Clutch
Reply #10 - 10/24/10 at 09:24:09

There are a few others from your fine island...

Cipolino wrote on 02/08/09 at 12:14:06:

Hello again from Cyprus! I was trying to post some pics but i couldn't. I will post a link for my hi5 page.
http://www.hi5.com/friend/photos/displayManageAlbum.do?albumId=298069168&owne...
About my english .... the spellchek is really working on this forum ... just need to pay some attention to the red underlines ...
I have the pics of the bike as i bought it. I think everything is stock. it rides really good, i bought it for 850 euros, it has 17000 km, an it is worthy! The weather here is great, and i am very happy with the bike!
Good luck to all the savagers!

CyprusCruiser wrote on 11/23/08 at 13:28:54:

Hello there fellow owners.

Great forum you all have here and very informative.

My names Rod im from Scotland but stay in Cyprus. I just bought a 92 Savage(but im guessing its probably older model) but only got it the day before i had to come back to Africa for work and im going to have to wait 5 weeks before i can enjoy it again Shocked

Theres a few things that need tidying up so looking forward to getting my hands dirty doing that.
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/732/004bd6.jpg

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28787 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Clutch Reply #11 - 12/20/10 at 22:43:53 1st question... Is your arm between the 2 marks on the case shown here below the arm?
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mmg123 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 72 Cyprus Gender:	Re: Clutch Reply #12 - 12/21/10 at 22:04:49 Check the lever its in between the marks i would say slightly higher than the bottom one
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28787 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Clutch Reply #13 - 12/21/10 at 22:10:01 Pull up on the lever and take the freeplay out. still between the marks?
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mmg123 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 72 Cyprus Gender:	Re: Clutch Reply #14 - 12/21/10 at 22:21:30 Yes i did that and a 1/8 gap at the handle bar lever I also changed the oil like you said PJ1 silverline 10-40s Ten euro a lt filled to correct level in the small rould looking glass Its a bit better but still got the jerk whilst slowing down and building speed only seems alright at a steedy 45 50 k but you get increasing speed and down speed.
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