Help Brethren! New clutch slippage

[XxTimeTO$lowdown36]

Help brethren! Just put a new clutch in this damn thing and it worked great for about 2 days ....then 6th 5th and 4th started slipping again and now ya can barely get on it in any of those 3 gears. Where is my adjustment needed? The lever? The cable? The ball and ramp? Or the rod. And can a cable be broken and still work shortly? Also started lurching with clutch in , in 1st. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thx

 

[XxTimeTO$lowdown36]

Also, it's an 08' k9 efi 117 6 spd baker

 

[XxTimeTO$lowdown36]

 

[Mikeinjersey]

Help brethren! Just put a new clutch in this damn thing and it worked great for about 2 days ....then 6th 5th and 4th started slipping again and now ya can barely get on it in any of those 3 gears. Where is my adjustment needed? The lever? The cable? The ball and ramp? Or the rod. And can a cable be broken and still work shortly? Also started lurching with clutch in , in 1st. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thx

Here are a couple of clutch adj procedures you can try. Let us know how you make out.

 

[Mr. Wright]

What oil did you put in the Primary and how much?

 

[XxTimeTO$lowdown36]

What oil did you put in the Primary and how much?

Wtf fluid, only cause if had good luck with it before. Normally spectro just not the time around. About a quart of atf tho at the moment and it's hard to shift , more then normal physically my left boot wore a hole in its cheap leather.

 

[XxTimeTO$lowdown36]

Wtf fluid, only cause if had good luck with it before. Normally spectro just not the time around. About a quart of atf tho at the moment and it's hard to shift , more then normal physically my left boot wore a hole in its cheap leather.

Lol ATF** fluid

 

[Rottweiler]

Are the plates all in exactly how they came out?

 

[Mr. Wright]

Atf is fine, but it only holds 22 ozs.

 

[Mr. Wright]

Might pull it apart and check to see if your hub nut came loose

 

[fecalpeanut]

I'd drop the primary fluid to 22 ounces. Makes a GIANT difference.

 

[john sachs]

I generally use ATF type F, nonsynthetic, in the inner primary of 99 % of the bikes I build. Never a problem, even with engines making 170 hp, in bikes that weigh quite a bit more than the chopper style bikes.

 

[Mickmorris]

I just tried ATF in my vintage sport when I replaced the clutch pack. Did not like it at all. Drained it out 2 weeks later & put Lucas Chaincase Oil in. Much better clutch performance.

 

[knothead]

Sounds like the clutch hub nut is backing off and I would differently check that if I was you before more problem arrive..

Everyone runs different oil in there primary...I have run everything they make and cant tell any difference...I have even run Mobil 1 20w 50 with no clutch issues...hell my blue bike has 32,000 miles on it with mobil 1 20 50 in the primary and still the original clutch 20 years later...my other ones I'm running Schaffer primary oil.. just pick one that you like and roll with it

 

[john sachs]

I just tried ATF in my vintage sport when I replaced the clutch pack. Did not like it at all. Drained it out 2 weeks later & put Lucas Chaincase Oil in. Much better clutch performance.

What did it do, that made you NOT like it ?

 

[Mickmorris]

What did it do, that made you NOT like it ?

Did not seem like the clutch was working well. I think it’s just to light of a fluid for the application.

 

[Jwooky]

If you are only slipping in 4th up, that’s usually an indication the bearings are bad.

4th up are helical cut gears. The angle creates a side load, which will deflect the mainshaft and unload the clutch if the bearings are bad.

This is what happened to mine