Shifting and Neutral...

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Steve2134

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Sorry to dig up my old thread, but after going through what I recently did, I wanted to make sure others were aware of the infamous "Finding Neutral" problem...

It turns out I had a couple different things going on that contributed to finding neutral...

For one, the clutch hub nut backed off, and the whole basket was wobbling, which made clutch engagement and finding neutral a challenge. Apparently this is a known issue, Baker also has the replacement nut for 8 bucks.

This cured the "Finding Neutral" issue once the nut was properly secured and loctited.

Secondly, Since I had the clutch apart, I mic'ed the stack and all was good, what I didnt know at the time, BD used a aluminum billet pressure plate that wasnt hard anodized, thus creating a premature wearing item. After I got everything back together, I noticed clutch slip under hard accel in 3rd and up, and roll on in 6th...

Baker has a replacement hard anodized pressure plate for 46 bucks. Swapped that out, and now the clutch is perfect. No slipping, no issues finding neutral..

While I believe there is a Mic spec for that pressure plate, I dont recall what it is for the "Out of Spec" wear thickness... Nevertheless, I wanted to share in case someone else came searching for this issue.
This is exactly what I have been dealing with on my 07 Mastiff the last 2 years. Since it’s Winter I just decided to open the Primary and dissect the clutch pack to see what the heck is going on. Now I know what to look for. Thanks!


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