Clutch full-in

When I pull on my clutch, should the tranmission completely disengage. In other words, when the engine is off, should it feel like it is in nuetral when I pull the clutch and try to push the bike?

 

there will always be some resistance your turning the transmission over and there will be a little resistance from the clutch plates even tho they are disenguaged the friction plates are still dragging on the drive plates

 

So, should the lever on the clutch (what the cable connects to on the engine) be all the way down or is it ok to be tightened and pulled up a little?

 

you need 1/4 inch slack at the grip when the clutch is out if ypu dont have any play your clutch is not disenguaging and you will burn up the clutch.

 

1/4" is a bit too much. You want about 3mm. You do not want it dead tight or it will damage the "pullrod" bearing and/or the pressure plate.

 

all depends on where you want your clutch to let out its all personal preferance dont think there is much difference between 1/8 and 1/4 inch. better to loose then to tight also depends on how warn out your clutch is some clutches let out at the very end some at the very beggining of travel depends on the bike

 

You all have been very helpful. I just made it too tight. Can't get my cable right. I have to have the adjustment knob on the handle all the way out. Hate that. Looked up the path and it is right. Don't know why I can't get it right. Thanks everybody

 

If you need to have the adjuster at the lever 'perch' at its extreme of adjustment, then you need to adjust it at the other end, on top of the clutch housing.

The best method is to loosen the bottom up considerably; then set the one at the handlebar at approximately halfway in/out.

THEN adjust the bottom one until there is almost no slack in the cable and tighten.

Then fine-tune your adjustment at the handlebar.

 

Fitz,

Thanks for the info. Hopefully you'll be able to help more when I clarify.

1) when I move the adjuster at the lever to mid point, the handle goes completely loose.

2) When I try to adjust the nuts near the housing, there is no way I can make them go far enough to tighten the clutch lever.

I notice that the actual lever on the clutch housing moves about 1 inch before it catches. If I could adjust this lever to be down (or farther away from the cable when it catches, I could fix it. Is this possible. Any recommendations?

 

the lever that goes into the housing in splined and held on with a snap ring.
You can slip it off and turn it back one sline and see if that gets you more throw.

 

Don't be afraid to undo the Cable Adjuster at the Lower Bracket to let you get the Throw-out Lever moved to another notch on the Splines.

Also, ... Be sure that the Rod extending down into the Case is FULLY Rotated Clockwise and HELD when you attach the Throw-out Lever.

 

Thank you Rick and Mike. I undid the cable and moved the throw-out lever to another notch on the splines. I had to move it quite a bit.

The rod with the splines would move clockwise as far as I could by hand. Of course with the lever, it turns further. This should be right, yes?

Rick, How do I make sure the rod is as far in as it will go?

 

You've got it. The throwout lever begins to do its job at the point where you cannot turn the throwout shaft any further clockwise by hand. At that point the pull-rod is pulled up tight against the back of the pressure plate; and the mechanism is ready to lift the pressure plate away and release the clutch.

You can't release the clutch by hand, you need the lever.

 

I will consider it done. Thanks everybody.