Hello guys. I'm in the process of making the final adjustments on my XS650 before spring time and today I came across this problem - the clutch on my 79 Special is not engaging
facts:
- Cable is fine and is moving freely on its own
- Worm gear is adjusted
- little steel ball inside worm gear is in place
- Visually I can see the worm gear do its thing (moves in when clutch lever is pulled)
- with the bike's engine off, on center stand, I can get it into any gear (without using clutch), so in neutral the back wheel turnes freely, in 1st it locks up (so no sticking discs or whatever)
- I have the cable adjusted to maximum tension (all the way out) on the clutch lever at handlebars and I have to operate the lever with two hands.
- When the bike is in 1st gear, and I pull in the clutch lever, the back wheel is still locked up, so the clutch is not engaging
- I have not tried to work the clutch with the engine running, I was moving it forward and backward in front of my garage while operating the gear lever and clutch lever, trying to make work somehow (assuming someting was stuck in the system), but it didn't help.
- The clutch has not been taken apart. The bike has not been ridden for many years, it has had the engine work on idle a few times. Engine oil was changed few weeks ago.
How should I continue, what to look for next? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kustas
That's me
(the photo has been shopped, in real life the bike was standing on the center stand)
facts:
- Cable is fine and is moving freely on its own
- Worm gear is adjusted
- little steel ball inside worm gear is in place
- Visually I can see the worm gear do its thing (moves in when clutch lever is pulled)
- with the bike's engine off, on center stand, I can get it into any gear (without using clutch), so in neutral the back wheel turnes freely, in 1st it locks up (so no sticking discs or whatever)
- I have the cable adjusted to maximum tension (all the way out) on the clutch lever at handlebars and I have to operate the lever with two hands.
- When the bike is in 1st gear, and I pull in the clutch lever, the back wheel is still locked up, so the clutch is not engaging
- I have not tried to work the clutch with the engine running, I was moving it forward and backward in front of my garage while operating the gear lever and clutch lever, trying to make work somehow (assuming someting was stuck in the system), but it didn't help.
- The clutch has not been taken apart. The bike has not been ridden for many years, it has had the engine work on idle a few times. Engine oil was changed few weeks ago.
How should I continue, what to look for next? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kustas
That's me
(the photo has been shopped, in real life the bike was standing on the center stand)