Subject: Re: advice...still have clutch woes
Author: Tom Christian
Date: Aug 17, 2005, 11:33 AM
Post ID: 1719310990
Thanks.
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?
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Consider also that the clutch pushrod seals could be
binding on the rod . . .
GFI'm pretty sure they are sintered bronze- at least
that's what mine
looked like.
A year later (3K miles?), it is finally starting tovery,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 beenlubricantvery quiet. I
think I'm finally wearing through some of theand(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 milesofthis from a
guy
who rode a LeMans loaded up with a touring pack mostsuggestthe time.
There
are few reports -that I've found- of the RAM wearing
out. Bill, I
sincerely hope yours hasn't given up- that wouldthebad things
about mine in the near future. Anyway- I was underisimpression that
when the disk wore out, the clutch would slip rather
than bind. So
perhaps some of Greg's suggestions about lubricationsponsor:more likely?
J
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