Dry Clutch-a-doodles

[Porsche Monkey]

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Waht??

[corndog67]

I ride my S4 like a dirtbike, clutching the front up, lots of slipping when making u-turns, and turning around in town, and generally not babying it a bit.  There's 12k on the bike, just bought it, I'll post up on any problems I have with it.   

[herm]

maybe i should just stop holding in the clutch at lights and doing burn outs.

you've mentioned this a couple times already....
sounds like you already know what the problem is

[He Man]

i will defend myself only by saying, i am doing burn outs because im trying to kill my tire. i didnt realize doing a 3-4 second burn out for a total of maybe 10 times would take its toll on my clutch.

i h ave a brand new tire sitting ontop of my closet waiting to be installed. 


anyway, i got the new barnett ones, it has a orange like pad on it. took out the old plates installed the new ones. bike starts up and cycles through all the gears without grabbing the tire, so it looks good, gonna have to wait until the rain settles to ride it though. the old plates were toasted. all the plates pretty much looked the same. friction material was completely gone.

[erkishhorde]

Nice to hear that they went in well. There's something about my clutch that's funny and I can never put the recommended plates in. I always have to finesse the stack height by swapping out steels. What model/yr bike do you have?

[He Man]

i have a 2006 S2R1000. i coudlnt figure out what the deal was with that curved plate. it just looks like a regular steel plate with a slight..uumm curve on it. lol its suppose to be in the middle of the pack, but i coudlnt find it on my OEM plates. it might been banged up straight though.

ive read some reviews on the barnetts and stated that the friction material does not like water. so no more hosing the clutch plate.

[Triple J]

i have a 2006 S2R1000. i coudlnt figure out what the deal was with that curved plate. it just looks like a regular steel plate with a slight..uumm curve on it. lol its suppose to be in the middle of the pack, but i coudlnt find it on my OEM plates. it might been banged up straight though.

ive read some reviews on the barnetts and stated that the friction material does not like water. so no more hosing the clutch plate.

I can never figure out the curved plate either. I know which one it is, but can't tell which way it goes. I'm not sure it really matters as I've had my clutch out several times and it always works well when I put it back together. There's NO WAY I did it right every time! 

[erkishhorde]

The curved plate is just meant to help the pack separate AFAIK. Over time it gets flattened out so it's hard to pick out of an old stack.

[He Man]

eh. i just threw it in there. lol

went for a ride today and oh my, i stalled the bike for the first time in a while  the clutch grabs the momment you ease of the clutch, but the front end comes up in a jiffy.

[junior varsity]

I've got 16k on mine, no issues and really, it could be LOUDER for my tastes. Heh.

Another option for anyone stumbling across this thread would be the 48t baskets/plates. I believe it is supposed to have a longer wear-life, but I have no FHE. Also supposed to be quieter, and I suppose it depends on who you are, whether that is a good or bad thing.

[extra330]

Check out the clutches that www.desmotimes.com  has to offer. They sell just the discs or the "full Monty".

[Langanobob]

I can never figure out the curved plate either.

Me neither.  Maybe the spring action is supposed to make the clutch action a little smoother.  But there's already plenty of springs in there.

[Howie]

The curved plate acts like the Bellville spring in a car clutch disc, making application a little more gradual. 

[erkishhorde]

Remind me again please...

Mixing steel basket and aluminum plates is bad? If so, why? Does it just hammer the aluminum a lot and wear unevenly/prematurely? Also, if that's the case, there's essentially 3 parts on the clutch: the basket, the clutch pack, and the hub. If you decide to go aluminum, should you change all 3 or can you get away with just 2 (pack/basket)?

[junior varsity]

I don't think most people change the hub when they are replacing parts. It doesn't show anywhere close to the wear that the basket does from the plates getting slammed to-and-fro.

Besides, its another 2-300 bucks, at that point you can nearly buy a complete slipper and drop it in (if you were doing basket, plates, and hub)