possible clutch problem???

[mastiffman1917]

have 2006 mastiff been through 3 clutches in 2 yrs problem is baker clutch assembly bigdog has had plenty of them replaced checkout bandit machine works for best replacement clutch on the market. banditmachineworks.com
bigdog has replaced mine for the third time one minute clutch the next minute its gone good luck with your clutch they eatem all the time

 

[jwoolf]

I'd bet if you send them your broken hub, they'll send you the replacement part.

Call customer service and tell them you have a broken hub and it's an 05 bike with the problem hub.

Big Dog knows that this was a faulty part. They paid for my hub when it broke and the bike was out of warranty.

if there here why dont they do some recalls,i mean if you have a bunch of people having leaky starters DO SOMETHING if you have a bunch of peoples clutch baskets breaking DO SOMETHING, these are $30000 bikes DO SOMETHING, know they will wait till someone gets killed,well i tell ya what if i ever decide to buy another bike or if i was in the market to buy a bike and came across this website,well my option would prob not be bigdog after reading about alot of these problems, i could see if they were wear and tear problems but there not,alot of people are having the same things exactly the same things happen to there bikes..wake up bigdog and step up...if you want a better buisness..sorry guys just my opinion..

 

[mastiffman1917]

It isn't the clutch hub that broke, but the Clutch carrier plate. They break and do not make any noise at all. My bike would creep and a light in first gear and the night before I tore it down to reassure myself that is what it was, I held the front brake and put power to the cltch and started to disengage the lever as to start to power brake the bike. I didn't allow it to break the tire loose but put as much stress on th clutch as I could without pushing the front tire. When I stopped and pulled the clutch in, I had to hit the stop button real fast bcause the bike wanted to keep moving pretty hard after I pulled the clutch in.

With the broken carrier the clutch pushrod can not disengage the clutch pack because the pressure from the pushrod on the pressure plate just shoves the broken part back and keeps the pack somewhat under a load.

I am pretty sure the broken carrier is your problem.

Mine is tore down as I speek because of aluminum shavings in the primary that I am working on finding the source of.

Wonder how long until BDM does an actual recall on 2005 bikes for this issue.

They will all break sooner or later

have 2006 mastiff and have just put my third clutch in 2 yrs in bike the last time replaced was carrier plate dissintegrated put fillings everywhere inside primary friction plates were ate up also spring retainers had brokes leaving springs freefloat check out banditmachineworks.com 17 pct more friction plate than stock 50 pct less clutch pull and 400 dollars worth of warranty!!!!!

 

[superfly]

Mine is still having problems and I'm going to dig into it this weekend ..You say the clutch was shot ..are you saying the friction plates ? Spring plate? all of it ?

It was the clutch pack assembly. Friction plate. spring was fine. Slowrower and I changed it out couple weeks ago. Don't have allot of seat time after the change, but will ride some this weekend. Seems all is fine. Shifts better than it ever has and finding neutral has never been so easy.. :2thumbs:

 

[scubaman15]

I dug into the clutch last night and could not find a problem? was it easy to see the clutch plates were shot? Mine looked ok not burned or warped?

 

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Mine did the same thing. It wants to keep creaping at stop lights, etc. I was lucky and BD fixed mine with NO cost to me. The link below will show pic's, etc of my experience. Hope you get it fixed.

http://www.bigdogbiker.com/forums/drive-train/3156-major-clutch-failure.html

 

[delly2]

wow mine broke lastnight this is ridiculous...05 ridgeback.. do you guys know if i will have to replace the clutch to? it has little pieces of metal shaving all in there.. also do i need a new primary rubber gasket or will rtv gasket sealer over the old rubbber gasket work? thanks

 

[delly2]

nelson where are you ..help....lol..... jim

 

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When the dealer fixed mine, they replace everything inside. All the plates, etc. Hopefully, you will get the same service. Let us know how it goes but the first thing you need to do is call BD customer service and tell them what happened. They should take care of you. I know this sucks but it will get fixed.

 

[delly2]

bdm wont answer my emails,there not gonna help,they can care less..

 

[Fibersnake]

delly,

How long as it been since you emailed them? Also have you tried the customer service number? May just be a matter of them having not got to reading yours yet.

 

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Yeah, you need to CALL them. This is too important to be waiting around for someone to see your e-mail.