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Subject: Re: advice...still have clutch woes

Author: Tom Christian

Date: Aug 18, 2005, 8:12 AM

Post ID: 1719315244


Thanks for the ideas, guys. I'll do some rudimentary
checking next time I get a chance, but I'm leaning towards
just worn clutch plates. I've had the bike almost two
years, but this is the first season I've had it ready to
do any substantial riding so yes, the clutch has "always
been this way" - over the 1000 miles or so I've put on the
bike.

-tom

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:50:40 +0000
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I think several have already mentioned binding on the
o-rings- a very
reasonable suggestion- but this new info makes me lean
toward thinking
that the more likely culprit is a problem with the
throwout bearing or
the pushrod or the adjuster on the lever. If you
toasted your throwout
bearing once, then when you get the machine apart, I
would clean out the
rod tunnel in case some leftover bearing parts are still
in there.
The 'pull' on my RAM is quite normal and progressive
feeling. I'm
assuming you don't do burnouts/wheelies or load your
bike with an extra
500 lbs so, with as few miles as you have on yours I am
disinclined to
think the inner body is notched already. I could be
wrong of course. I
wonder why you have such a short pull on your clutch?
Has it always
been this way?
Maybe the easiest (ha! easiest!) thing would be to pop
off the outer
body and squirt some oil into the tunnel. See if it
frees up any?
J

Tom Christian wrote:
 
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

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