clutch wear.

[skatefreak]

Hey all,
Just looking for some thoughts on my NSR clutch.
Something is wearing out and I'm looking to get it sorted soon as its annoying the nackers out of me!
The symptoms are the back wheel still drags the engine even when its ajusted to pull the clutch out as far as possible (from the beginning of the lever travel). It drags a little less when its ajusted like this but having the clutch open/close in the first 1/4 inch of lever travel is annoying to say the least.

The bike has done 13,000 miles but parts have been swapped and changed between this and a donor bike (previous owner) and thus the engine may not be the origional. I suspect the problem could be tired springs/streched cable and am thinking of ordering these two from wemoto.
Just wondering what the difference is between these springs and these heavy duty EBC ones? Worth the extra few bucks?
Also whats the difference between the cheaper steel clutch plate set and the kyoto friction plates? Asside being less than these would they be worth looking at if it comes to plates?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Best regards

-Jvr

[hazza]

Have you adjusted the cable on the engine casing, or just the bars. A combination of the two may sort out your problem.

Hope this helps

Harry
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[DrDonnyBrago]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESl-nii-n4

Watch that it explains how the clutch works.

If your basket was notched then the plates don't move smoothly and as a result they could bind together even without the spring pressure.

You would need to take it apart and inspect to see if this was the case though, the solution would be a new basket or file the notches out of the old one as a temp fix.

Work your way through the clutch cable and pulling mechanism first however as it is simpler and cheaper to sort and more likely to be the issue.

HTH, good luck .

[skatefreak]

absoloutly superb vid there donny.
much thanks and thats sorted out my metal vs friction confusion!

Will give it an oil change, cable and ajust, see how that does

Best regards

-Jvr

[delsol]

Excellent video on how clutch works, thanks for posting this.

I needed a refresher, haven't overhauled a clutch in ages.

delsol