19-09-20, 06:00 PM
Some good news it was the way the pressure plate sits, I took the first plate off so i could see and then started turning the pressure plate around. On the third turn it sat further in. Put the plate back in tightened up the springs and pulled the lever and it looks like its moving properly.
Bad news is the pressure plate is damaged and a new one is being ordered the pressure has cracked the lugs that the springs sit in.
This may be why the clutch wouldn’t disengage when I pulled the clutch lever in. I tried this again with the pressure plate in the correct position and again the clutch wont disengage then the clutch lever is pulled in.
Next question set up....
I can’t remember how the clutch felt before I started playing with the free play. Before I put the new pressure plate in and I dont want to break this one as they are expensive any ideas on set up?
On another site i saw some one say to screw the engine free play bolt in until you feel resistance and then do a quarter turn back.
As it currently stands it needs quite a but of force to move the clutch plates. How much movement should there be on the plates? Watching it the outer friction plate moves to just beyond the clutch basket.
To answer the other questions I have put back in the original clutch plates as they look ok. I thought it was a clutch problem as I took the gf on the back of the bike (not a small girl) and im not a small guy, any way after the last trip and driving up the lane to the garage with her on the back I had to gun the engine [/size]and play with the clutch as we were wheel spinning and reving quite highly. On the other ride outs all without her i had been having an issue trying to get up to high speed quickly i.e. going down the motorway slip road to the motorway, low speeds all fine but getting up to 70ish mph quickly it would struggle. I thought it was clutch issues from all the weight of me and my gf struggling to get the bike up the lane. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. [size=78%]
Bad news is the pressure plate is damaged and a new one is being ordered the pressure has cracked the lugs that the springs sit in.
This may be why the clutch wouldn’t disengage when I pulled the clutch lever in. I tried this again with the pressure plate in the correct position and again the clutch wont disengage then the clutch lever is pulled in.
Next question set up....
I can’t remember how the clutch felt before I started playing with the free play. Before I put the new pressure plate in and I dont want to break this one as they are expensive any ideas on set up?
On another site i saw some one say to screw the engine free play bolt in until you feel resistance and then do a quarter turn back.
As it currently stands it needs quite a but of force to move the clutch plates. How much movement should there be on the plates? Watching it the outer friction plate moves to just beyond the clutch basket.
To answer the other questions I have put back in the original clutch plates as they look ok. I thought it was a clutch problem as I took the gf on the back of the bike (not a small girl) and im not a small guy, any way after the last trip and driving up the lane to the garage with her on the back I had to gun the engine [/size]and play with the clutch as we were wheel spinning and reving quite highly. On the other ride outs all without her i had been having an issue trying to get up to high speed quickly i.e. going down the motorway slip road to the motorway, low speeds all fine but getting up to 70ish mph quickly it would struggle. I thought it was clutch issues from all the weight of me and my gf struggling to get the bike up the lane. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. [size=78%]