M 620 ie wet clutch noise

[mr.freezer]

Hello, I am new here and I am not a native speaker so maybe it will be difficult for me to explain my problem.. I've just bought ducati monster 620 ie 2003. As I know there is wet clutch. When I start it I hear a little noise from clutch. When I grab the clutch lever this noise stops. Is it normal wet clutch to be so noisy?? thanks a lot

[stopintime]

I don't know how noisy your "noisy" is, but yes it's normally easy to hear it - even if you have loud exhaust. It's the same thing that happens on bikes with a dry clutch, but less loud because it's closed and covered in oil.

It's very unlikely, but IF the noise is "too loud" (ask another wet clutch Duc owner or a dealer) it CAN indicate that the clutch gears are worn. I wouldn't worry about it - especially since the noise changes with clutch lever pulled - which is to be expected.

[mr.freezer]

here is vid of my clutch..

[stopintime]

Yes, quite normal 

Is it working well?
How many miles?
What kind of oil and how often do you change it?

[mr.freezer]

i've just bought it... it has 34000 km on tacho... i am going to oil change next week... i don't know what oil was used in it before.

[stopintime]

Reasons I asked are:

If it's very old, the gaps between teeth on plates and their notches in basket CAN become large enough to cause rattle. Probably/maybe not on a 34K bike...

If the oil is old/bad it will make more noise.

If it doesn't function well, the plates might be worn/warped = more noise, but then you'd probably have functional issues.

My third clutch lasted 40K km with semisynthetic 15/50 (could go with 20/50) after the first two clutches both quit at 25K km with synthetic 10/40.  This topic has many opinions.  If your bike is parked outside in freezing temperatures - maybe 10/40 is better.

[mr.freezer]

it is not parked outside in freezing temperatures. now it is around 15 °C and it is the temperature i start riding at. so you recommend semisynthetic 15/50?? i think there is even less noise with oil with higher viskosity..

[ducpainter]

Ducati recommends 10W/40 because of the plain bearing heads.

I'd stick with that.

If you can find a moto specific, or a non energy conserving oil (one with no friction modifiers) you'd be good to go.

I like synthetic moto specific because they seem to do better in transmissions.

Have you read our oil thread?

[mr.freezer]

i 've started to read the oil thread but i got lost after a while...

[kokis]

Sorry for braking in your thread.
But I had similar problem on 696. I got new plates 20-50 Motul oil which i use for about 2k miles. And once on red light I heard loud noise that I never heard before. Just like at your video with difference that I have no noise at all at normal conditions. I turned off engine and gear seems to be stuck, and only after several attempts I've got it to neutral. What was it? Bad clutch pack installation?

[LowThudd]

Shift fork return spring? Just a guess.

[mr.freezer]

i've just found this video... and as i was watching it, there was a noise vere similar to mine clutch..... watch this video at 06:00... this is probably the thing that makes the noise in my clutch... 

[kokis]

Shift fork return spring? Just a guess.

Hm, Gotta check. I have new rearset pegs or whatever it called. Thanks.

[memper]

i've just found this video... and as i was watching it, there was a noise vere similar to mine clutch..... watch this video at 06:00... this is probably the thing that makes the noise in my clutch...

No vid...

[mr.freezer]

oh sorry.. i've just edited it..