Author Topic: Time for new clutch plates soon? (Read 4578 times)

stormi · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2006, 12:09:59 AM »

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How have you made out with your clutch? I find it had to believe that its worn out. I have 100's of drag racing starts on mine and 100's of wheelies and at 37000km its still going strong.
Something that did come to mind is what kind of oil are you running?

Well, we didn't make the trip to Jasper, so she didn't get the kms I'd expected to put on her.

I "feel" that the clutch is going, because the friction point is so far to the end of the lever. She wasn't well taken care of before I got her, and I suspect more than one person (besides me) learned to ride on her. She also has about 48k kms on her now, so pretty close to the same as what you have on yours.

The oil that we've been using is Castrol 10W40 4 stroke motorcycle oil. she's been getting short oil changes since I got her, rarely more than 1500kms on her before a change, and the last few have been a few hundred kilometers between changes, because the engine was just "freshened" up.

Comments?

gsxr400 racer · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2006, 09:09:43 AM »

have you adjusted the nut down by the sprocket and it has not helped were the clutch lets out?

stormi · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2006, 04:31:24 PM »

We have done the clutch adjustment. It didn't seem to alter the position on the lever.

gsxr400 racer · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2006, 01:53:58 AM »

guess it would be time to take it apart then.