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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Clutch Release Cam Broken 07/15/24 at 08:14:48 Is this typically where the clutch release cam breaks? Nice clean break. It’s where the push rod contacts it at the stop area of the cam. Looking for the chunk that broke off now. Push rod too long? I’m just starting to dive in so I don’t have any other details at this stage.
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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #1 - 07/15/24 at 08:23:00 It has the “standard” original 45.5mm push rod.
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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #2 - 07/15/24 at 08:25:37 Time to start measuring the discs and fiber plates I guess.
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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #3 - 07/15/24 at 08:37:25 While I had my expensive Harbor Freight digital caliper handy, I’m getting about 16.5mm on the plunger of the cam chain adjuster. Getting close to needing something…. Versy CCT, rear tensioner, chain…. Who knows…. Drop $400 and replace everything! More inspection needed.
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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #4 - 07/15/24 at 09:29:18 Wow. The cam wasn’t broke. It was installed backwards and the push rod just started making its own divot. Here’s a pic next to an old cam I had lying around.
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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #5 - 07/15/24 at 09:32:05 And the other side where the poor thing had a homemade divot trying to form from the push rod hammering and mashing it.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18076 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #6 - 07/15/24 at 09:35:57 When they break.....it looks more like this. http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/MMRanch_Clutch_Release_Cam.jpg
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Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken
Reply #7 - 07/15/24 at 09:39:57

Dave wrote on 07/15/24 at 09:35:57:

When they break.....it looks more like this.

http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/MMRanch_Clutch_Release_Cam.jpg

Oh dang! Definitely broke! My situation explains why I couldn’t find a chunk somewhere. Just some tiny metal filings.

Hard to get a good photo with lighting and glare, but the shaft looks pretty decent.

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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #8 - 07/15/24 at 09:52:59 All fixed! Found that within 5 minutes of having the cover off. Makes me wonder what else I’ll find as I keep digging.
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JOG Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 460 Longview, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #9 - 07/15/24 at 10:23:33 The ORing that stops lion from going out the shaft, to drizzle down the case costs about quarter. I'd put a new one in
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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #10 - 07/15/24 at 10:57:44 JOG wrote on 07/15/24 at 10:23:33: The ORing that stops lion from going out the shaft, to drizzle down the case costs about quarter. I'd put a new one in Yup. I had an extra one lying around handy. Dun!
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4391 Honolulu	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #11 - 07/19/24 at 22:38:34 That release cam is very interesting. It is super-duper hard. I am amazed that the pushrod could wear into it like that. What does the end of the pushrod look like? Thanks for the pics.
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Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken
Reply #12 - 07/20/24 at 03:56:23

Mike, it still measures 45.5mm. It’s still rounded on the end. You can kinda see where it was beating the hell out of the cam. It’s not a mega hard Sneeze clutch cam, but the fact the pushrod could start making its own divot had me saying “whoa”.

Here’s a couple pics. Hard to get a good photo with glare, lighting, reflection.

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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1633 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #13 - 07/20/24 at 03:59:47 Maybe it’s a custom 45.4mm pushrod now. But it still has it’s shape, and it’s been pushing.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1220 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: Clutch Release Cam Broken Reply #14 - 08/16/24 at 21:10:23 Unfortunately my AR500 clutch cam inventory went up in flames with my shop. Those that got one may have gotten the last of them. :'(
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