Don't watch the video before reading this. Hoping that I didn't miss any important details. However, if I did, I'll be sure to mention such details when questioned.
Well, for those of you who followed my last post in regards to my bike, I'm on to the next problem. A problem that I didn't think would be a problem... My clutch... When I first got the bike, the clutch lever was near impossible to pull. I was not surprised, as the bike hasn't ran in 40 years (up until I got it started a couple of weeks ago
). First thing I tried in regards to the clutch, is buy a new cable. Cable arrived, installed it, still stuck. I then removed the little clutch adjuster cover on the left hand engine cover, cleaned, and adjusted my clutch according to the book, and videos I had watched. Still stuck. I then removed the left engine cover, to see if I could pull the clutch lever while the left-side clutch assembly is separated from the rest. Yup, moves freely! Smooth as butter! I then moved onto the right-side. I removed the engine cover, and proceeded to remove my pressure plate, along with the friction plates and clutch plates. The friction and clutch plates seemed to be sort of suction-cupped together, but overall not too stuck. I removed them all in order, and then put them back just how I had found them. At this point, with visual on the clutch pushrod assembly, I pulled my clutch lever to see if things moved freely. Yup, rods seem to move freely! Surely the plates were just stuck together? I reassembled things, buttoned it all up, and nope. no movement. Like, at all. At one point I pulled the clutch lever so hard that I bent the adjuster screws located at the lever (I was frustrated, ok). I now have things pulled apart again. Sure enough, same as before, I isolated the left side assembly from the rest, and it moves good. Pushrods move freely back and forth, and I'm just not sure what to do now... Any tips?
Well, for those of you who followed my last post in regards to my bike, I'm on to the next problem. A problem that I didn't think would be a problem... My clutch... When I first got the bike, the clutch lever was near impossible to pull. I was not surprised, as the bike hasn't ran in 40 years (up until I got it started a couple of weeks ago
). First thing I tried in regards to the clutch, is buy a new cable. Cable arrived, installed it, still stuck. I then removed the little clutch adjuster cover on the left hand engine cover, cleaned, and adjusted my clutch according to the book, and videos I had watched. Still stuck. I then removed the left engine cover, to see if I could pull the clutch lever while the left-side clutch assembly is separated from the rest. Yup, moves freely! Smooth as butter! I then moved onto the right-side. I removed the engine cover, and proceeded to remove my pressure plate, along with the friction plates and clutch plates. The friction and clutch plates seemed to be sort of suction-cupped together, but overall not too stuck. I removed them all in order, and then put them back just how I had found them. At this point, with visual on the clutch pushrod assembly, I pulled my clutch lever to see if things moved freely. Yup, rods seem to move freely! Surely the plates were just stuck together? I reassembled things, buttoned it all up, and nope. no movement. Like, at all. At one point I pulled the clutch lever so hard that I bent the adjuster screws located at the lever (I was frustrated, ok). I now have things pulled apart again. Sure enough, same as before, I isolated the left side assembly from the rest, and it moves good. Pushrods move freely back and forth, and I'm just not sure what to do now... Any tips?
