Subject: RE: clutch and tranny followup
Author: Ray Hale
Date: Jul 29, 2004, 7:15 AM
Post ID: 1717248105
Hi Ian,
Not surprisingly, the Harley folks have this same discussion frequently,
with no real concensus. My own opinion is that having seen two friends
get rear-ended by cars and trucks at a stop, and having a few close
calls myself, I leave the bike in 1st gear, clutch in and worry more
about my life than I do the m/c parts. I watch the mirrors and have an
escape route planned.
I had a cable go out on me, approaching a light in Daytona years ago on
my G5. Couldn't find neutral fast enough and dropped it at a near stop,
using the brake, no damage to me or bike. After that I always carried a
spare.
Ray
Ian Adkins wrote:
| Patrick, Good advice. I have a question for y'all out there. When sitting at a light is it better to put the bike in neutral or is it ok to idle the few minutes with the clutch in? As a devil's advocate...sure is a fair bit of load on a small part but with Loops out there with 100k+ miles on them I wonder how many had failures in the throw out bearing as compared to...say...the cardan joint? All interesting discussion...Ian -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Hayes [mailto:peha-@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 5:32 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Re: clutch and tranny followup ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason: DO NOT take "every bit of slack" out of the clutch cable. Its a recipe for disaster. Just inside the rear cover of the transmission is a radial throwout bearing. It is designed for intermittent or occasional use. It is NOT designed to withstand constant loads. If you take up all of the cable slack, this bearing gets permanently loaded and it will fail. In the process, it will use the long throwout rod as a dull drill and drill a hole directly through your clutch. Lots of alternate damage occurs. Find someway to solve the problem with your clutch and transmission and cable. But, do not solve it by taking away a necessary element of freeplay. Patrick Hayes Fremont CA --^^--------------------------------------------------------------- |