Hey everyone, first post here.
I've been reading this website for months and finally got my savage about 2 months ago. This site rules and the information here is priceless.
Well I'm going to be replacing the clutch this weekend. I've read up on the threads already posted and they were very helpful. Yes I know that it's probably just the pushrod but I got the barnett pack really cheap and thought why not.

My question is, my lever on the rear end of the right side of the engine case is *below* the two marks. I can pretty easily push my bike in any gear, release the clutch and not kill the bike, and it will only start going if I walk it forward and help it start rolling. Even then it's got no grab whatsoever.
I purchased the shorter and longer pushrod and was wondering which one would be correct? Stock, right now, is below the marks so will I need a shorter one after the change of the plates? Or will I need the longer one? Or keep stock?
Thanks for reading

Springs and both steel and clutch plates. Plates are sitting in rotella 15-40 at the moment

I believe you measure the length of the rod sticking out of the clutch ,and that it should be less than 13mm to allow full engagement of the clutch plates.

So it seems that now I'm shifting fine but my clutch lever won't go back down after I pull the lever on the bars in. I used the longer pushrod (46.5mm) to get the arm in between the marks. I used the old clutch spring as a ghetto return spring but it's a little stiff on the fingers. Anyone know why this is happening? I adjusted the cable at both ends, doesn't seem to do much. Could my cable be stretched out?

Mike, get your crap together. Your bike looks like hell.  Terrible, unacceptable, disappointing...

AA15 when you replaced the lower end of the clutch cable did you place both the nuts on top of the ledge ,one is the adjustment ,the other one to lock it in place ,as all the force is applied to the top side when you pull in the handle bar lever , if you placed one on each side it can break the ledge and the lever won't return.

batman wrote on 07/29/19 at 21:57:19:


Hmmm... So did I have both asjustment bolts screwed all the way to the top after I put the clutch in? No I don't think so, might've even had them all the way down. To try and take slack out of the cable to make the lever sit higher when the clutch was worn. If this is the case what would need to be replaced?
For some reason I have a feeling that if I take the return spring off it will work again, it felt different after riding for a bit, like it fell into place somehow and is working normally. I'm going to check soon