Subject: RE: Eldo Clutch-itis
Author: Robert Hawkes
Date: Oct 25, 2004, 3:35 PM
Post ID: 1717761717
Joe Jump, Tell me more about your /2 sometime, when you get a chance. I am
looking at a 1965 60/2 now, internet. BOb
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From: joe jump [mailto:jum-@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 7:20 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: Eldo Clutch-itis
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Greg,
I'm with you - these clutches are a pain! I have an old BMW
(/2 conversion with a'71 R-75/5 eng) and it has a single plate clutch
with a diaphragm spring- it works great, never hangs up, never slips,
foo foo lever effort. And I only need about 1/4 of the clutch lever
ravel to engage/disengage. I really think the intermediate plate causes
more problems than it's worth. I don't think the flywheel splines will
wear-there is probably 10 times the number of teeth on it compared to
the hub. But I do think it gets gummed up or the inter. plate gets
jammed up in there, causing the drag. Another thing I suspect is that
the pressure plate doesn't lift off square, perhaps due to unmatched
springs. And I guess that plate can warp too. All I know is that it
leaves much to be desired.
Anothers phenomenon with my bike is as it heats up I get more &
more freeplay at the lever, like the transmission is growing in length
as it comes up to temp. I have to extend the cable adjuster 2 complete
turns between cold & operating temp to maintain the cable slack at a
minimum. Had the same experience with my V-7 Sport - both have 5 speeds.
I think the Ram clutch is probably the way to go. It would
be interesting to experiment with mix & matching parts from a BMW to do
away with one clutch plate & the intermediate plate - can't imagine a
double-plate clutch is really required.
Greg Field wrote:
Yes, try the adjustment. Also try taking all but the last essential bit of freeplay out of the cable. This sometimes helps. The hot grab almost always means spline-wear issues. Why the symptoms only occur when hot, I don't know. Why the cleaning seems to help so much (albeit temporarily) I also do not know. Mine is starting to do this after less than 8,000 miles on a new clutch. I always try to find neutral before coming to a stop to limit further wear, and also because it drags just enough (even with everything adjusted perfectly) that I can't get neutral once the bike's stopped. This time I think the flywheel splines are the culprit, so when I do pull it apart I'm gonna try a RAM clutch. I'm sick of Guzzi clutches. They do not stand up to the use I give them. GF On Saturday, October 23, 2004, at 02:22 AM, Ian Adkins wrote:
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Joe in St Louis
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