how to adjust clutch

[mikojh]

When the clutch is fully depressed or free, theres is slack and the clutch lever can be pressed so much withouth enagaging the clutch so it has some slack on it, how tdo i tighten it up so it stiffens up properly when fully deporessed, i tried adjust the cable by the clutch lever and this seems to have made it worse, as ther is now more slack, this is causing the gears to sometimes slip.

[Itchy]

Adjust it at the bottom?

Usually there are two lock nuts on each end, your cable should usually have threads on it right, when your clutch wears out you adjust it so the bolts are closer to the open ends of the threads than the cable end of the threads, you just keep adjusting the nut (my NTV had 1.5 inches of this I think) until the clutch cable is taut when released.

Else you've burgered your clutch
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[mikojh]

i noticed the bottom i just dont want to fuck it up. adjusting the top did sod all.

[Itchy]

It's hard to mess it up

https://www.ehow.com/video_2330185_adjust-motorcycle-clutch-cable.html
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[mikojh]

ive chekced the vid but i cant see anything that hes doing, i can pull the cable out ouyt of the lever about half a cm so tightening up the nbottom isnt going to fix it, from what i can gather anyway.

[Itchy]

[mikojh]

ok what ive done now is just adjusted at the top ive loosened the cable out of the lever about 3 or 4 mill and then tightened the locking , there is now hoever a gap of about 4mm between the locking nut and the metal bit on the end of the cable, is this fine? if not will it do till i get it to the shop monday will it be safe to eave it like this?

[Itchy]

[calum17]

[mikojh]

adjusting the bottom

there is a like a small screw i take it thats the locking nut if i undo that a little and then clockwise the bigger thingy looks like a screw but its not and then the when slack is gone tighten the ocking nut then adjust the top, doing this after screwing the cable at the top all the way in.

this seem right?

and thanks the helping the hopeless out , both of yuz.

think am gonn aleave it the way it is andf get a pro to do it monday. icant seem to get the nut loose on the bottom anyway.

[calum17]

as long as that screw set up you're looking at is for the clutch assembly and nothing else, then yes that'll be how you do it. then adjust the top back out.

i cant think of much that that sort of set up would be for other than the clutch, cos i doubt you're looking at the carbs or anything else.
it should be at the end of the clutch cable - if that's what you see then you are right on how to adjust it i think. if you're still unsure, count how many turns you make of each screw and if nothing's changed, you can still put it back to how it was easy enough.

[mikojh]

woould i be able to leafe the 5mm gap between the locking nut and adjustor permanently by the clutch lever as im happy with it.

tha gap is like in the following picture between 2 and 3.

https://i41.tinypic.com/2vnhzxh.jpg

[calum17]

[mikojh]

the cable that sits in the adjustor wobbles very slightly (normal play?) im guessing over time it has scrwed it self closer to the clutch and the previous owner has been bothered to retighten it the clutch feels nice and firm now with no free play so im cool with that.

[calum17]

yer it will wobble. there's a gap to make sure things work properly and dont stick, when you turn the steering the angle changes a bit, if it was a tight fit you may en dup with problems ... now get out for an afternoon ride and enjoy your work!

[mikojh]

cheers for your advice guys, appreciated.