hey guys my friend has a 05 chopper and tonight we went for a ride when we came to a stop light his bike wouldnt stop,he shut it down ,he tried to restart it in neutrel and all was fine,but then he pulled the clutch in and put it in 1st gear and the bike jumped while holding the clutch in..do you guys think its possible his hub broke? there is no noise or rattling coming from that area by the primary..we are gonna tear it done maybe tommorow if we get time,i re adjusted his clutch for him and it still didnt it.. any help is appreciated..thanks
possible clutch problem???
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gooddoggie
Member
It should be easy to tell if it's a broken clutch cable by the sudden lack of tension on the clutch lever and no return spring tension pulling it back
the clutch cable is fine it works and theres know slack in it,and i can see the adjuster nut on the side of the tranny moving when i pull it in..gotta pull the primary cover off..if its broken will i just need to replace the hub for him,and can i get it thru nelson? does anybody know what it cost? i seen some pics on here where the inside of the primary cover was scraped up,did those guys have to replace the primary also? and does anybody know if i call customer service and tell them would they ship me the parts if i ship them the damaged ones off the bike,prob not right,there gonna want it to go to the dealer being its outa warranty? thanks guys
bdmridgeback
Low Down Chop Shop
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
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
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WB Cycles
Well-Known Member
Can't handle any warranty work since I'm not a dealer, but will be able to help you get the parts if you decide that you can't get BDM to replace them.
scubaman15
Well-Known Member
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 ?
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..
surferdude
dry docked
Well I hope BDM does something soon before I spend $600 for a new clutch .. mine is going ... gray matter in the primary fluid ... I don't trust taking it out of town ... seems like a lot of 05's are having clutch carrier problems ...
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