smokenjoep01
Motorcycle Freak
I was having some issues with my clutch not engaging smoothly lately. It seemed to get better when it was hot.
I drained the oil and changed my spin on oil filter. Removed the engine / clutch cover. Removed my clutch plates for inspection. The plates looked great. What I did find was the "paths" the clutch tabs/fingers/slpine(whatever you calll them)slide in were getting grooved up. I covered everything behind the clutch basket to protect from metal shavings. Then got my file out and gave every "groove" a few pass'es with the file and just smoothed them out. Blew everything off with compressed air. Installed the plates.
I had the high performance clutch springs in prior and decided to go back with the stock springs for a lighter clutch pull. I installed the stock springs. Buttoned up the outter cover and added 3qts. Amsoil V-twin 20/50 (synthetic).
Today when I took it out fora ride. The clutch slips real easy. A hard roll on of the throttle in 5th gear will slip the clutch now. Never had a problem prior.
The two things I changed are:
1.The clutch springs
2.When to a synthetic oil
I drag race Harleys and have guys I race with that truely believe that running synthetics will never work as well on a clutch as standard oil. Then the sythetic oil guys say thats not true.
Could it be my old stock springs are weak or my current motor combo is to much for stock springs? I considered running 3 stock and 3 heavy duty alternateing in the basket. Has anybody tried that?
Theres always going back to all heavy duty springs. And see how that holds with the synthetic. Just hate opening that cover and dropping all that high dollar oil.
The motor is stock displacement. Mikuni round slide carbs, straight unbaffled stock head pipes, Boyer Branson ignition.
I drained the oil and changed my spin on oil filter. Removed the engine / clutch cover. Removed my clutch plates for inspection. The plates looked great. What I did find was the "paths" the clutch tabs/fingers/slpine(whatever you calll them)slide in were getting grooved up. I covered everything behind the clutch basket to protect from metal shavings. Then got my file out and gave every "groove" a few pass'es with the file and just smoothed them out. Blew everything off with compressed air. Installed the plates.
I had the high performance clutch springs in prior and decided to go back with the stock springs for a lighter clutch pull. I installed the stock springs. Buttoned up the outter cover and added 3qts. Amsoil V-twin 20/50 (synthetic).
Today when I took it out fora ride. The clutch slips real easy. A hard roll on of the throttle in 5th gear will slip the clutch now. Never had a problem prior.
The two things I changed are:
1.The clutch springs
2.When to a synthetic oil
I drag race Harleys and have guys I race with that truely believe that running synthetics will never work as well on a clutch as standard oil. Then the sythetic oil guys say thats not true.
Could it be my old stock springs are weak or my current motor combo is to much for stock springs? I considered running 3 stock and 3 heavy duty alternateing in the basket. Has anybody tried that?
Theres always going back to all heavy duty springs. And see how that holds with the synthetic. Just hate opening that cover and dropping all that high dollar oil.
The motor is stock displacement. Mikuni round slide carbs, straight unbaffled stock head pipes, Boyer Branson ignition.