| Author | Message | ||
     Jkhawaii |
how many miles should I expect the clutch and cable to last? what about the other primary drive components? I know for cars 100,000+ miles would be expected for a clutch (or most of the rest of the car) | ||
| Djkaplan |
I have 30,000 miles on my clutch and it works as well as the day I bought the bike. I'm really hard on it too. Lots of clutch popping and speed shifts. I changed the clutch cable just recently, though. It was working fine, just looking a little rough, so what the hell... | ||
| Jackbequick |
People here have reported spring plate failures at 13,000 to 18,000 miles. The spring plate can be replaced with two steel plates and one friction plate. Those are the standard plates, just like the other plates in the clutch. With the spring plate replaced, there is nothing else likely to ever fail on the clutch plate pack. There is a bearing that the clutch adjusting screws turns on that fails occasionally. Those failures are unpredictable and don't appear to be common, especially if the screw and the lever freeplay are kept in proper adjustment. Properly adjusted, there is virtually no load on the clutch adjusting screw bearing except when the lever is pulled in. So your clutch could last for the life of your bike if you remove the spring plate and keep it in adjustment. I don't know much about cables. I have 6,000 miles on my first onee and it is still working perfectly. Jack (Message edited by jackbequick on May 26, 2006) | ||
| Bluzm2 |
37000 miles on my S2 clutch, 28000 on my M2. No problems what so ever. Clutch cables on the other hand, I've gone through 2 on each bike. Keep a close eye on the clutch lever end, that's where they fail. Look for any fraying where the end is swedged onto the cable. Once it starts to fray, they go fast. Even though the lever end has a nylon type bushing where it contacts the lever, use a quality lube also. Something like Dupont's General Purpose Teflon spray or Triflow. Brad |
