Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: Clutch lever arm adjustment

Author: Fred Sahms

Date: Jun 11, 2002, 5:23 AM

Post ID: 1710411786


Dennis, the nut is just a locknut for the adjuster screw. If you loosen
the nut, you can use the little valve adjuster tool in the tool kit to
back off the adjuster itself, and get some freeplay.


Dennis Jones wrote:
 I have a newly installed clutch & deep spline hub in my Eldo with maybe
50 miles on it. It "seems" to be dragging or something, and when it
gets hot neutral is very hard if not impossible to locate, and
downshifting gets more difficult. I am concerned as to whether the
clutch arm in the back of the transmission is correctly adjusted. I
could use some help and advice. I know that the clutch arm should not
come in contact with the trans housing when the clutch lever is pulled
at the handlebars, and it doesn't. I am concerned that it may be
adjusted too far out, although I am not sure what is correct. There is
no play at all in the clutch arm, it is under constant spring tension.
Currently, with the clutch cable off, my clutch lever arm is under
spring pressure and pressing on the lower frame cross member. If I
loosen the adjusting nut, the nut loosens, but the arm does not move.
Just what exactly is the procedure here, and how can you tell that the
arm is adjusted correctly?
Thanks for any wisdom on this.
Dennis Jones



73 Eldo in crates
78 T3/949

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