Clutch Lever Free Play Question

Rich_M

Member
This is probably elementary but I recently adjusted my clutch. I did the following:
  1. Torqued the clutch hub shoulder bolts to 30 in-lb​
  2. Adjusted the adjustment screw till gently seated and backed it off 1/2 turn.​
  3. Locked it down with the lock nut while holding the adjustment screw in place with an allen key.​
I did all this with the clutch lever slacked out. Now when I adjust it, I can see the lever tightening up, but it won’t go tight enough to actually engage the clutch. I must have missed something, but I don’t know where I went wrong. I have braided steel cables. Any ideas?
 

Rich_M

Member
Still on the struggle bus. My clutch handle is 100% flop now. The first pic (the one with less threads showing) is prior to my other thread about snapping the adjuster screw. Before I messed with anything. This second one is after taking plate off and removing the snapped bolt and replacing the screw. That looks like a pretty big diff to me. Is it possible I damaged the diaphragm spring? I really can’t even get any tension on the clutch handle, even with the cable adjusted all the way out. I wanted to check the community before I ordered new parts. I am also thinking of bending the lock tabs back out and rechecking the torque on the shoulder bolts, even though I was pretty darn careful to make sure they were torqued to 30 in-lbs. I’m hoping that this is a “dummy, you’re doing it wrong”-situation. Thanks for all your help you guys have been great.
 

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Rich_M

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One additional thing. My initial test ride had a fairly normal feel, but friction zone was the clutch all way out. Then I adjusted it again and it was “walking” with the clutch in. Then I was doing a 3rd adjustment and I loosened the cable all the way out to where the two parts of the cable adjuster basically separated. I threaded them back together, but I haven’t been able to get tension in the handle since.
 
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