Britman
XS650 Addict
I have the six friction plate set up. I am still shopping and doing some comparative pricing to help my bleeding wallet on this project. The metal plates are all in good shape and true, so they are going back in. Besides drilling them out, has anybody found a way to adapt the old JIS pressure plate screws to get enough bite for a re-install, maybe cut a slot for a big arse screwdriver.
The lithium grease debate has been a hot topic on a couple of vintage British bike forums for awhile now. Old time wrench spinners say they have doing it for years and swear by it. Others say it came over from the Ducati sites as a cure for grapping and noisey dry" Duc" clutch set ups. Those who have tried it to include myself, find it does work. My 1964 Trophy had bad clutch drag when going into 1st gear and you always had to kick a couple of times to free the plates, since applying the grease all of these symptoms disappeared and there was no slippage what so ever. During winter maintenance this year I will probably pull the plates and apply another coat since it has been well over a year since the initial application. Wet, dry, separate or integrated primary does not matter, the key is just a very thin coat, applied evenly on all of the friction plates, even after soaking in oil. All I can say it did work for me and I was a true skeptic on the whole process.
The lithium grease debate has been a hot topic on a couple of vintage British bike forums for awhile now. Old time wrench spinners say they have doing it for years and swear by it. Others say it came over from the Ducati sites as a cure for grapping and noisey dry" Duc" clutch set ups. Those who have tried it to include myself, find it does work. My 1964 Trophy had bad clutch drag when going into 1st gear and you always had to kick a couple of times to free the plates, since applying the grease all of these symptoms disappeared and there was no slippage what so ever. During winter maintenance this year I will probably pull the plates and apply another coat since it has been well over a year since the initial application. Wet, dry, separate or integrated primary does not matter, the key is just a very thin coat, applied evenly on all of the friction plates, even after soaking in oil. All I can say it did work for me and I was a true skeptic on the whole process.