Clutch Hub Bushing Wear Tolerance?

[123petey]

just a quick question - is there supposed to be a bit of a wobble in the clutch basket when mounted on the bushing? Does the copper sleeve in the basket wear? Is there a wear tolerance if so? I would think it shouldn’t have any movement. I’m not missing any washers and it’s not a movement forward or backward, it’s definitely a gap from bushing to copper sleeve. Thanks

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

I'd like to see about 0.002" (0.05mm) running clearance between sleeve and basket (not hub) bushing.

Piledrive thru Robinc's epic clutch adventure, starting at post #983...

http://www.xs650.com/threads/on-the-road-again-at-40-the-bike-that-is.49360/page-50#post-551936

 

[123petey]

Ok, thanks. That was a lot of material. My basket definitely has play like Robin showed. I can definitely fit a .05mm feeler in the gap. Here’s a pic showing daylight. There is no play anywhere else in the clutch assembly it’s definitely just right there with the copper sleeve and bushing. I figure the bushing doesn’t wear much and it needs to be the copper sleeve but I couldn’t find tolerances in any manuals. In his case it was a rattle sound and he fixed it with packing the needle bearing and didn’t seem to care about the play in the basket. So is this play normal? Personally, I don’t like how much friction it causes when it meets the crank. Not seeing any part numbers for the copper sleeve so I imagine it’s gonna be a custom job or find a better basket...