My Groaning grabby clutch fix:
Today I finally decided to do something about my moaning
crutch clutch
I uninstalled all the plates cleaned ,de dusted de rusted the steel plates and swapped the front friction plates with the rear
to even up the ware.
These Barnett plates have now done 11,000 km, I was pleasantly surprised with the lack of ware expecting a lot less material.
This is what is left
Inboard plates 2.86
Mid plates 2.76
Outboard plates 3.31 mm ,
interestingly (to probably no one) my outer plates had more material left than the inner
which is exactly the opposite according to Rob of his last two clutch stacks ......
why I have no idea maybe I'm doing it wrong
Then I massaged lithium grease into all the friction plates
then cleaned them .
I now have a clutch that is a smooth as butter
with no groaning or grabiness
I highly recommend this maintenance and get intimate with your
crutch clutch which took all of an hour to do ,
just make sure you use pure lithium grease which has no friction modifiers added,
which apparently will cause clutch slip.
Cost : a big fat zero$$ as I bludged the grease from Rob
and my labour is cheap
Then I went on the interweb and ordered some TPO stuff : New K & N crankycase breather hoses etc and a mounting plate for my regulator
so I can turn it upside down for better cooling .
