| Author | Message | ||
     Adrenaline_junkie |
So I've got this little dirt bike I like to play around with. It's a blast for what it is. But I've got a problem that I'll bet somebody on here knows exactly how to fix. When I first start it up, the clutch won't disengage. My solution is I start it in neutral, push it off a hill and while rolling down the hill kick it in gear. After a couple of laps and a few gear changes the clutch works fine and continues to work fine for the rest of the day. But come back in a week and the problem has returned. I assume the oil is draining out from between the clutch plates, but I don't know that. Any advice would be appreciated.  | ||
| Ourdee |
Take it apart and replace the clutch, and check the wear on the basket. | ||
| Adrenaline_junkie |
Gosh Ourdee, I was hoping for a easy fix like "switch to such and such oil". | ||
| 86129squids |
Hey Greg! Hey Vern! | ||
| Ourdee |
After it is all cleaned out, put in a good cheap oil and change it often. My TW only held a quart. So, I changed it whenever I thought about it. Check the boots on both sides of the carb. | ||
| 86129squids |
I thought I knew about all the old models of metric bikes- what is that? And, if anyone runs across an old RS250, PE250, or IT250, let me know. A kid that lives behind me picked up a vintage XT250- just hearing that motor takes me back, way back. | ||
| Akbuell |
What Ourdee said. You may be able to get by with taking all the clutch plates out, making sure they are flat, and giving both the metal and fiber plates a scrubbing with a coarse Scotchbrite pad. After sitting a bit, one or more of the plates are sticking together, for whatever reason. "Scuffing" them may work. And change the oil. Hope this helps, Dave | ||
| Pwnzor |
Yeah... That's a take-apart job. Might could still use the original parts, but cleanin' and scuffin' is in order along with some fresh oil. | ||
| Adrenaline_junkie |
OK guys. Thanks for the advice. | ||
| 2003xb9r |
You could try what us old school Triumph guys do when our engines have been sitting. Put it in gear, pull in the clutch and try a few full sweeps on the kick start lever. If it's a non primary drive type system (where you have to have the engine in neutral and clutch lever out) this will usually free up stuck plates. If the engine can be started in gear with the clutch pulled in (primary drive type) then this won't work. Your engine will be one of the two systems so give it a try before pulling it apart. If you end up going in to the primary case, pay particular attention to grooves worn into the clutch basket and corresponding hooks on the clutch plate edges. | ||
| Aesquire |
What he said.  burrs on the basket should be filed off if there are any. And for someone not to ask... https://9gag.com/gag/a5Ronno |
