Help! I broke my clutch drum!

[fouramdesigns]

Awesome, thanks. I'm buying the VeeToo kit after I make a promised purchase from a fellow board member.

[Norm]

Can I have the broken hub? I weld them back together for poor folks (like me).

[Slide Panda]

I wonder if this will work?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ducati-Bevel-Single-NC-250-Clutch-Center-Hub_W0QQitemZ130303295734QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotorcycles_Parts_Accessories?hash=item130303295734&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A1171%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318#ht_933wt_1361

Just an fyi - that's a hub from and old bevel drive Duc - won't work for you. 

[He Man]

At least you didn't have the post break off while riding like he did.

I didnt break it while riding... Whats up with people putting words in my mouth?

If you are going to buy the veetwo hub, buy it from vee two directly, you save a shit ton. Its $120 bucks (+35 shipping) to buy it from Vee two in Australia, and $260 from Desmotimes. If you buy their clutch drum and basket together its only $320 or something, about the same as an MWheels one, which i recently found out, you can ONLY buy a pack of 6 Ti posts if you ever go down, how long will it take you to use all 6 of those posts? not quite sure, probably never.

Also,if you swap to a plate that covers the spring, your jeans might not get caught so easily, personally i dont wear jeans that are loose enough to get caught on the bike anywhere ( i havegotten my pants cuaght on the slave bleeder nipple a few times), and if you use a clutch cover ( any kind) you should be fine.

Can I have the broken hub? I weld them back together for poor folks (like me).

how common is it for you to run into someone who has a snapped post?

[erkishhorde]

I didnt break it while riding... Whats up with people putting words in my mouth?

If you are going to buy the veetwo hub, buy it from vee two directly, you save a shit ton. Its $120 bucks (+35 shipping) to buy it from Vee two in Australia, and $260 from Desmotimes. If you buy their clutch drum and basket together its only $320 or something, about the same as an MWheels one, which i recently found out, you can ONLY buy a pack of 6 Ti posts if you ever go down, how long will it take you to use all 6 of those posts? not quite sure, probably never.

Also,if you swap to a plate that covers the spring, your jeans might not get caught so easily, personally i dont wear jeans that are loose enough to get caught on the bike anywhere ( i havegotten my pants cuaght on the slave bleeder nipple a few times), and if you use a clutch cover ( any kind) you should be fine.

how common is it for you to run into someone who has a snapped post?

Well, you said the bike was running and idling and post blew off. Even if you weren't actually moving you were riding since you were on it, yes?

I've wondered though... In He Man's case, the screw backed out and and hit his clutch cover and then snapped the post. In four's case it got caught on his jeans, ripped a hole and once the jeans were wound around the spring cap tightly, snapped the post. If you had a titanium post, it wouldn't have broken. So, in He Man's case, would his clutch cover have broken or maybe just the screw? I think the probability of the clutch freezing up would go up. In four's case I think either his pants would have gotten a chunk torn off or it would have wound up even more and possibly caused a leg injury if the post didn't break because it was titanium. The more I think about it, the less I think that titanium posts are a good idea. Sometimes having stuff break is a good thing because it keeps other things from breaking...

[He Man]

Well, you said the bike was running and idling and post blew off. Even if you weren't actually moving you were riding since you were on it, yes?

I've wondered though... In He Man's case, the screw backed out and and hit his clutch cover and then snapped the post. In four's case it got caught on his jeans, ripped a hole and once the jeans were wound around the spring cap tightly, snapped the post. If you had a titanium post, it wouldn't have broken. So, in He Man's case, would his clutch cover have broken or maybe just the screw? I think the probability of the clutch freezing up would go up. In four's case I think either his pants would have gotten a chunk torn off or it would have wound up even more and possibly caused a leg injury if the post didn't break because it was titanium. The more I think about it, the less I think that titanium posts are a good idea. Sometimes having stuff break is a good thing because it keeps other things from breaking...

Im not trying to be an ass or anything, i guess it just came out wrong, lately people have been saying i did this and that, and im just wondering where half the stuff comes from.

But just to for fun....the OP was on the bike and lurching foward, so how can you say "atleast you didnt have the post break of while riding like he did". if i was just idling?  just messing with you man, im still upset over the Rangers losing.

But anyway, i posted up pics of the recovered pieces, i dont believe ti posts would be that beneficial, the piece would be so hard, if the same thing happened, the bolt would snap instead. and if the bolt didnt snap, im pretty sure the posts would bend, and if there was beonugh force, it would stall the engine, and if ithe engine didnt stall, it would probably rip the whole hub out.

but personaly, i think they made them in Ti to guard against crashing, where the post might be exposed and grind out. if it was aluminum it would wear out pretty quickly and your engine would be next, if it was Ti, it would atleast last a while. but at the same time, youd have to wear through the slider pucks and the clutch cover, and the spring cap and part of the spring.

But regardless of which, erkishhorde, your def right, if one thing doenst give, something else will, and better the post then the engine seizing. and other shit breaking.

[erkishhorde]

But just to for fun....the OP was on the bike and lurching foward, so how can you say "atleast you didnt have the post break of while riding like he did". if i was just idling?  just messing with you man, im still upset over the Rangers losing.

Oh yeah... Forgot about that...  You win. 

[Mduc]

I had to replace my clutch hub. It cost me 140 from the dealer. Had to wait a week cause they had to order the part.

[fouramdesigns]

Worked like a charm guys. Thanks for all the 411.