 Re: Clutch
This is going to be basic clutch setup universal.
When they build a clutch pack, there are so many steels and so many frictions that, 'measure the pack.' Meaning, if we had one less friction or steel, can you imagine pulling in the lever? It would go to the grip before you would feel the spring tension, let alone if you could get the adjuster screw as long as post to touch the pressure plate and see how that works?
So, your main deal here is to build that clutch to stock specs. Say we have a clutch pressure plate that is the flex style that is the concave type pressure plate I will explain about, since the standard pressure plate is part of the fixed pack you might say.
Steel Plates
Steels have memory. Your hand over hand; your fingers all move together. If you palm to palm; your fingers fight each other. So, basic concept is that because the steels are stamped out, they have one cut side and one round side. All cut sides face the pressure plate.
Friction Plates
Frictions run the same deal. So when assembly begins, stack all steels and frictions in one direction.
Pressure Plate Types
Here is where we want to stack the pressure plate to run flat as a sheet of paper on a table. So to push the concave to where when you finally tighten the plates, the concave is flat on the final stack.
If it takes one more steel to push the pressure plate flat, then it took a steel and you pack a steel on a steel.
I'm sure if you measure a plate for spec, you should be able to measure the worn stack to a blueprint stack (stock in other words) where you would use a steel to take up the wear from the steels and frictions combined to push the concave to flat on it's final assembly.
Pin Adjust
Once you have that stack and the flat finalized, you run the screw in till it lightly seats or touches. You cannot screw it in or you will cause the frictions and steels to unload. So, obviously you just touch it as it stops, then turn it out 1/4 turn or less.
What this does is it acts more instantly on the pressure plate. You still have heat expansion plenty at 1/4 out.
Cable Adjust
This is where you want just about zero play at the cable lever to perch gap on the handle bar. You will catch N like butter if you follow these directions. The main thing to remember to find N is that pressure plate. No cable adjust or a pin move will help you find N or load this pack where it will not slip.
The other minor things like wetting the new fibers and such is more of the routine where you can just throw the dry fibers and steels in there. They will be soaked within miles of running. It's a windmill in the clutch housing for one. And two, I run a dry clutch so it does not matter about that soaking business. The pressure pushes out whatever you think soaked in. Think about it.
Last edited by cntrhub; 05-11-2009 at 05:45 PM.
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