Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: bearing damage?

Author: Todd Nordwig

Date: Apr 21, 2005, 1:09 PM

Post ID: 1718741012



Last week(?) someone posted about clutch cable adjustment and bearing
transmission throw out bearing damage.....I may be having the same problem.

After a 500 mile weekend ride last fall I noticed difficulty disengaging the
clutch far enough to get the 4 speed tranny in gear. I figured I had some
stretch in the cable and shortened(adjusted) it
enough to get the clutch disengaged so I could easily put it in gear.
Within a day or so I started to hear a "whirling" sound every time I pulled
the clutch in. Today I started the ambo and slowly pulled the clutch in to
see where and when this sound would occur. About 2/3rds into the clutch
disengaging this sound of bearings(?) making contact with something starts.
I can put the bike in gear, and it runs fine, but am I doing damage to the
throw out bearing? Is the clutch adjustment so fine that I have to find the
degree of adjustment that allows disengagement just before bearing damage?
What am I doing wrong?

Todd

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