open clutch woes

[He Man]

so im riding on the BQE right before the bridge and i pull my clutch in to change gears and i hear this sound of death coming from my clutch and immediately pull off the road.

I inspect and limped my bike off the highway. Now im stuck waiting for someone to pick me up. Theres sparks coming out of my clutch and theres very little pressure in my lever.

Pretty sure a rock got in there and started messing with things.

[Goat_Herder]

that sucks, He Man.  Are you running a completely open clutch or with a open clutch cover?

[He Man]

my brother came by with an allen key and i took the over off. there was metal everywhere.

i pushed the bike home which sucked cause i had winter gear on and my laptop, text books etc.

took her home completely tore her down and cleaned everything. back on the road now, but still sucked!

[stopintime]

Metal everywhere, sparks flying - your solution was to clean it and now it's fine again 

You're one of a kind He Man, close to legend staus 

[Vishwacorp]

Where did you manage to pull off on the BQE?! I was on it today and surprised at how much more trash than usual was around the Kosciuszko Bridge (I figured the high winds had something to do with it).

EDIT: Congrats on the 9999th post! 

[Howie]

So, what broke?  Cause.  Glad your back on the road

[zooom]

So, what broke?  Cause.  Glad your back on the road

+1 so we know and have your 10,000th post!

[ducatiz]

Yeah, I think if I was still in NYC, I'd not ride with open belts or clutch..  Too much shit on the roads there.

[The Mad King Pepe']

So, what broke?  Cause.  Glad your back on the road

Siezed clutch throwout bearing?

[He Man]

im not entirely sure what happened.

all of my spring caps got shaved down, and none of the springs were loose.

all i know is that i had to push that pregnant dog home because i had no pressure in my clutch. the fluid was completely gone. and yes it was full when i left my house!


rebuilt the whole thing, and the bushings inside my slave were all cut. must buy rebuild kit for that thing.

[Speeddog]

Sounds like the hub nut got way loose.

That lets the pressure plate get far enough out to hit the cover.

[ducatiz]

Kui bust a nut?

[Howie]

Sounds like the hub nut got way loose.

That lets the pressure plate get far enough out to hit the cover.

That is exactly what happened to a friend's bike, except he caught it a little earlier, nio damage.

[He Man]

Sounds like the hub nut got way loose.

That lets the pressure plate get far enough out to hit the cover.

it wasnt loose when i took the clutch plate off, though it could of just been jammed up as it backed out. I had no problem getting it off  so that really might of been it.

[MadDuck]

Sounds like the hub nut got way loose.

That lets the pressure plate get far enough out to hit the cover.

That's what happened to my '69 Norton Commando.  Ended up putting in a used transmission out of a Matchless (same tranny) because all of the end threads were stripped as the basket worked it's way off the input shaft.