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Woodenator
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 08:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Have any of you had a problem with the clutch not releasing properly? I have a new cable and release bearing/plate that are both adjusted properly per manual. After aforementioned repairs, clutch worked perfectly for 2 years. It started as an intermittent problem and now happens every time I come to a stop. Bike has 50K miles. I am thinking ball/ramp assy. Has anyone else with higher mileage bikes experienced this? Thanks in advance!
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Ratbuell
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 09:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
When's the last time you lubed your clutch cable?
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Woodenator
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 10:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I haven't, since it is new (replaced at 47-48K miles).
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Sportyeric
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 10:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I've seen an aftermarket chrome clutch cover get a hairline crack so the cover flexes when the clutch is pulled in.
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Bad_karma
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 02:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
If that is the original clutch assembly the Spring plate may have failed.
Joe
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Oldog
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 08:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
what joe said
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 08:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
My clutch lasted exactly that long and failed with the same symptom as you describe.
The little brass rivets from the center "spring plate" jam into the adjacent fiber plates.
It's retard-simple to do a clutch on one of these bikes at least : )
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Woodenator
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 01:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Thanks for all the info. Don't I need a spring compressor to access the clutch?
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Oldog
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 01:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Yes:
also 2 steel and one fiber plate to replace the spring plate, assuming that no other major damage exists.

(Message edited by oldog on March 26, 2008)
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Woodenator
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 07:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Any ideas on how to obtain a spring compressor?
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Guell
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 08:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
american sport bike sells a clutch tool
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Woodenator
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 09:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Sweet! Thanks!
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 11:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
You can fab one up too.
It's easy.
Let me find my original post.....
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 12:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
OK found it in the archives:

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/476 23/193459.html
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