Don't know quite what I'm going to do - perhaps nothing at the moment. When I fixed my tranny, I put in the throwout bearing incorrectly (missed a race - washer), rode it for about 60 miles like that until it finally gave up the ghost.
Currently the clutch has a very short effective range of motion i.e. the clutch disengages/engages over just a tiny bit of motiion on the lever in the middle of its overall throw. I'm wondering if I didn't grind off some of the pushrod or maybe its just a well worn clutch. I'm going to do a complete teardown for the cosmetic upgrade this winter, but thought I might futz with it if it could be done without ripping it out again (which I can now do in my sleep).
I have the "old stuff" in there now, but I do have 3 cone seals from MG cycle waiting on the bench, and yes, I have a parts book.
-tom
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:44:27 +0000
thomas halchuk <halc-@comcast.net> wrote:
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Yes You may need to remove the swingarm.
Are you putting in the Moto International seal (o-ring) kit?
Do you have a parts book?
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Related question - on a 5 speed, can the entire pushrod be replaced without removing the tranny?
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:50:33 -0700 Greg Field wrote:
Consider also that the clutch pushrod seals could be binding on the rod . . .
GF
I'm pretty sure they are sintered bronze- at least that's what mine looked like. A year later (3K miles?), it is finally starting to
make
a slight amount of noise. I was under the impression that the single-plates sound like a tin cup full of angry nails, but mine has been
very,
very quiet. I think I'm finally wearing through some of the
lubricant
(amsoil, heavy trailer axle grease) that I put on the spline. Before installing one, I read everything I could find about these clutches. They've been used mostly in LeMans or outright racing type applications where the rider is hard on the bike. The earliest account I found of wearing out the plate was around 5K miles
and
this from a guy who rode a LeMans loaded up with a touring pack most
of
the time. There are few reports -that I've found- of the RAM wearing out. Bill, I sincerely hope yours hasn't given up- that would
suggest
bad things about mine in the near future. Anyway- I was under
the
impression that when the disk wore out, the clutch would slip rather than bind. So perhaps some of Greg's suggestions about lubrication
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