Ive been riding my bike around for about 400km so far, and I noticed under heavy throttle and acceleration that the clutch will slip slightly. Ive fiddled with the cable but I dont think that is it.

when I built the bike the clutch sat in a box and probably picked up a lot of dust, saw dust, and dirt. I am thinking it is contaminated but I figured all that woulda rubbed or burned off within the 400km of riding? Ive done about 5 or 6 oil changes as well.

I was thinking of burning some SeaFoam through it, then taking apart the clutch and washing it with warm soapy water and putting in new clutch springs and maybe a new cable. To my knowledge nobodys ever worn out a savage clutch so I dont think new plates are in need?

what do you guys think?

check the clutch arm by the case. Theres two marks on the case. See where the arm rests in relation to those marks and clue us in. Also...any performance mods? My clutch slipped and rattled like crazy after i swapped carbs, piston, and cam. I got a barnett set and its all gravy.

MotoBuddha wrote on 11/16/11 at 18:09:13:




& dry clutches slip if they get too wet,

according to the tech sheet, percentage was ok, but friction modifiers

http://www.lucasoil.com/images/medialibrary/01_HDOilStabilzr_1_2.pdf

 
So, Silly -- if you take apart your clutch and replaced all the plates with brand new ones the plasticizers and friction modifiers choking your engine (coating every surface inside it) would likely quickly give you a slipping clutch yet again very quickly.

If you changed oils over to something like Rotella T (known to have a good clean up package) it would take years to clean the inside of your engine good enough to get rid of what is already in there.  The friction modifiers are already in there and have to be removed without hurting your engine mechanically.   Your clutch would likely slip some the entire time, of course, but Rotella T can safely clean up even your engine given the 6-8 oil changes you say you've done with the Lucas stuff.

If you use something quick acting, like Seafoam or any other engine flush product to try to get all the slippery out of there quick-like, you will put your engine at risk while trying to more quickly remove your Lucas residues.   Being honest, this isn't the safest path to take and I'm not sure a quick flush product is going to even remove the stuff from inside your clutch -- and the clutch may see the flush product itself as yet just another contaminant.

Lastly -- haven't we been here before about a year ago?   You chose to keep using the Lucas stuff back then and put up with the slippage -- what changed to make you revisit the issue?

I dont think Ive ever brought up the clutch situation, and if I do I don't remember it. I've only had this bike for like 7 months, and had clutch problems the last 4

Verslagen,  didn't you buy a bike that had had some stuff put in it?  

Feeble memory sez you were cussn' it at one point in time a year or so ago because carb cleaner wouldn't remove it easily ????    You did something to get it out -- what was it?

What did you have to do to it to get the crap out of there?


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PS   If you actually read the thread up above, you will hear reference to gasoline followed by hot soapy water followed by a finishing sander to abrade off the remaining stubborn energy star crap that was on the steel and fiber plates ....

It ain't all that easy to get off.

I have problems with the clutch slipping when down shifting at higher speeds... is that normal???