Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive
 

Subject: RE: Clutch Wierdness

Author: joe jump

Date: Jun 29, 2005, 9:37 AM

Post ID: 1719093197


Greg,
No insult intended, but could you have installed the friction
plates backwards, i.e., hubs pointing towards the pressure plate?
Did you use Sureflex plates?

joe jump wrote:
 
Greg,
I had the same symptom (i.e., clutch cable adjustment go slack
when the bike heats up) with both My V-7 Sport & the Junkyard. The
symptom went away in Junkyard with the installation of the Sport 1100
clutch/flywheel assembly. Common denominator between my V-7 Sport & the
old clutch in Junkyard was Sureflex friction discs. The Sport had a deep

spline hub, Junkyard the shallow splines. The plates in the Sport 1100
clutch are the original items that it left the factory with.
Did you use Sureflex plates 18 months ago? Anybody else have
similar experience?

Joe in St Louis
850T-Powered Ambo
"Junkyard"


Greg Field wrote:
 
Patrick is right in principle: you do not want to load your throwout
bearng, and the easy way to ensure that is by adequate freeplay at the
clutch lever. Follow his advice to the letter, if you can.

Sometimes, though, you must flout the rule to get by. My Eldo, for
example, despite all new clutch components 18 months ago, has a draggy
clutch. When it gets hot, it drags enough that I can never find neutral
at a stop if I have ANY freeplay at all in the clutch cable. In Seattle
traffic, this is unacceptable. On rides, I find myself tightening the
adjuster sometimes, even though there was no real freeplay to begin
with, as the clutch drags more and tries to pull me into intersections.
What I experience is the freeplay getting larger as the bike gets hot.
snip



Joe in St Louis
850T-Powered Ambo
"Junkyard"

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