05-05-15, 10:58 PM
(05-05-15, 06:04 PM)Jamieg285 link Wrote: Riding home today and my clutch suddenly went from a couple of mm play in the lever to almost all travel. When I got home and investigated I found 1 (lower) bolt missing and 3 others loose and almost out too, allowing the cover to flex out when pulling the clutch in. I've tightened them all back up and will get a replacement for the missing one, but I am concerned as to why this has happened all of a sudden.
Has anyone had this before, or is this a rare occurrence?
BTW the bolts were last touched when I changed the chain - about 11K miles ago.
Coincidentally, this happened to my 600 just last week. Was riding home and the biting point was getting nearer and nearer the handlebar, made it home OK though.
On examination, the cover was visibly moving when the lever was pulled. The bottom two allen bolts were missing and the whole cover was flexing on the top bolts. The cover was last off a couple of years ago for a change of chain and sprockets. It is unlikely that the bike has been tampered with as it is usually garaged and given where I was coming from.
Just vibrated loose is my best guess.
FZS600, Speed Triple 1050, FZS1000, DT175MX etc.