Author Topic: Changing A Clutch Lever - Is It Tough? (Read 6066 times)

jbrough7 · « **on:** April 29, 2006, 07:19:05 AM »

Never done it before but dropped my bike in the drive and snapped the sucker in two! A new one is $26 (CDN) from Suzuki so I already ordered it.

Looked at the thing a bit and it doesn't seem too complicated....has anyone done it before??

Thanks and good riding!

Jim

Desolation Angel · « **Reply #1 on:** April 29, 2006, 07:59:34 AM »

It's the easiest fix you'll run into. Self-explanatory when you unscrew the bolt. Did you get a chrome one this time? Chrome makes the bike faster, you know!

jbrough7 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 29, 2006, 08:26:36 AM »

I don't think so - never even thought about chrome but I can see how that would give you a couple more miles per hour on the top end!

Jim

Sven · « **Reply #3 on:** April 29, 2006, 11:41:17 AM »

Done this a couple times, takes about 1 minute.

jbrough7 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 29, 2006, 03:26:31 PM »

Is that while you're watching the game?

Jim

IcyChaos · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2006, 04:39:57 AM »

how about the brake lever?? I gotta change both.

Cruisecontrol · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2006, 06:43:36 AM »

Just as simple.

Silverstreak · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2006, 10:10:37 AM »

Just don't drop that little brass thingy. Undo the the main bolt (pivot point). It has a slot on top and a nut on the bottom. Once you've removed that then slide the lever out slowly and keep your other hand underneath to catch the little brass thingy.

If you're like me this is one of those simple jobs, like changing the oil, that makes you feel like a real mechanic.

Desolation Angel · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2006, 11:35:02 AM »

Yeah, next day when you go to work you can puff up around the other guys in the breakroom and tell 'em how over the weekend you changed out the factory front end non-ABS braking system leverage assembly!

Then kinda rub the back of your hand across your forehead whilst exhaling with a slight whistling sound and then say, "Man!"

You have now forever impressed everyone around you.

jbrough7 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 04, 2006, 12:42:19 PM »

Hey! Got the clutch lever today. $29 but it's for the wrong side!! Must be the brake lever cuz the little ball thingie is pointing to the right.....oh, hold on, i just flipped the package over and we're okay! Whewww!!!!

Jim

Desolation Angel · « **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:06:50 PM »

Have you considered counseling?

jbrough7 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:38:07 PM »

I know I'm biased but was that the funniest posting in the history of the web, or what???

I kill me!

Jim

Red01 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:38:21 PM »

Think of it this way... if he's surfing the Alley, he's not passing bad info off to his students.

Desolation Angel · « **Reply #13 on:** May 04, 2006, 02:18:18 PM »

Yeah, but he's fittin' to!

jbrough7 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 05, 2006, 06:59:51 AM »

Got the clutch lever on last night (and I was pretty much inebriated on a glass of red wine) - no problems , other than trying to get my fat fingers around the back to hold the nut in place to start when you go to put it back together. Seems to work fine. The whole job is a 1 on a scale of difficulty 1-10.

jim