I have a 05 Bigdog Bulldog. I put the bruiser super clutch setup in it to get it to quit slipping. Well after a couple hundred miles it was still slipping so I added 2 more shims to make it 3 on each bolt. I adjusted the clutch and cable to factory specs. Still slipping when I gas real hard. I called bandit they said something else has to be wrong. The bike only has 3400 miles total and no performance upgrades. Stock 117ci. Should I add more shims? It came with 24. Only using 12. Please help!!
Bandit clutch help!
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KaptinAmerika
Guru
What oil are you using in the primary
that sounds about 50 too much.
Jwooky
Well-Known Member
What gears does it happen in?
4,5,6 are helical cut gears, so they produce a lot of side load. If there is any axial movement in the shaft..ie worn bearings or loose clutch hub nut, that movement under load can partially depress the pressure plate and cause slippage.
This happened to me and cause was a loose nut. I cleaned/lock tighted/torqued to spec and it cured the issue.
4,5,6 are helical cut gears, so they produce a lot of side load. If there is any axial movement in the shaft..ie worn bearings or loose clutch hub nut, that movement under load can partially depress the pressure plate and cause slippage.
This happened to me and cause was a loose nut. I cleaned/lock tighted/torqued to spec and it cured the issue.
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Here is my move I kill two birds with one peckerwood.
1. First, I remove all steels and frictions.
a. Steels ~ I stack all of them on my palm and look for any air gap, they lay on each other.
b. I would now shift the upper and lower steels somewhere inside I check those 2 and now I am done with the visual.
c. My steels should not have any gouge marks, I don't care about bluing. Gouge is gone!
2. My frictions are stacked the same way, I want to see an air gap between plates.
3. My assembly goes like this:
a. I look for the cut or most sharp side of the steels.
b. I look for the marking or ink on the frictions and all face in one direction.
c. I look for the flat side of both steels and frictions and they face me as I assemble the pack [I find no markings], but sure asshit I find the cut my finger side; I'm not careful with a steel; but not as much with a friction cut side.
4. Bird 2:
a. Check how the basket carrier is cracked [click photo above] and look at the clutch plates out of the way go look at that area.
b. Bird 1, I was checking how I assembled the pack the first time as I see all the plates are dis come boob beer rated every which way; or you assembled correctly; that is [all the flat sides facing you> go look] and see how you did.
c. See bird 2 is a crack in the egg shell? I inspect pack? removal/I stack as suggested/I inspect for the crack in the basket/I assemble as suggested and stop springing up a warp potential, taking a guess, why a spring is no joy, why lookey here it was the...
Here is my move I kill two birds with one peckerwood.
1. First, I remove all steels and frictions.
a. Steels ~ I stack all of them on my palm and look for any air gap, they lay on each other.
b. I would now shift the upper and lower steels somewhere inside I check those 2 and now I am done with the visual.
c. My steels should not have any gouge marks, I don't care about bluing. Gouge is gone!
2. My frictions are stacked the same way, I want to see an air gap between plates.
3. My assembly goes like this:
a. I look for the cut or most sharp side of the steels.
b. I look for the marking or ink on the frictions and all face in one direction.
c. I look for the flat side of both steels and frictions and they face me as I assemble the pack [I find no markings], but sure asshit I find the cut my finger side; I'm not careful with a steel; but not as much with a friction cut side.
4. Bird 2:
a. Check how the basket carrier is cracked [click photo above] and look at the clutch plates out of the way go look at that area.
b. Bird 1, I was checking how I assembled the pack the first time as I see all the plates are dis come boob beer rated every which way; or you assembled correctly; that is [all the flat sides facing you> go look] and see how you did.
c. See bird 2 is a crack in the egg shell? I inspect pack? removal/I stack as suggested/I inspect for the crack in the basket/I assemble as suggested and stop springing up a warp potential, taking a guess, why a spring is no joy, why lookey here it was the...
