Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: advice...still have clutch woes

Author: halc-@comcast.net

Date: Aug 17, 2005, 9:45 AM

Post ID: 1719310410


Yes You may need to remove the swingarm.

Are you putting in the Moto International seal (o-ring) kit?


Do you have a parts book?


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Related question - on a 5 speed, can the entire pushrod be
replaced without removing the tranny?

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:50:33 -0700
Greg Field wrote:
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Consider also that the clutch pushrod seals could be
binding on the rod . . .

GF

 I'm pretty sure they are sintered bronze- at least
that's what mine
looked like.
A year later (3K miles?), it is finally starting to make
a slight
amount
of noise. I was under the impression that the
single-plates sound like
a tin cup full of angry nails, but mine has been very,
very quiet. I
think I'm finally wearing through some of the lubricant
(amsoil, heavy
trailer axle grease) that I put on the spline.
Before installing one, I read everything I could find
about these
clutches. They've been used mostly in LeMans or
outright racing type
applications where the rider is hard on the bike. The
earliest account
I found of wearing out the plate was around 5K miles and
this from a
guy
who rode a LeMans loaded up with a touring pack most of
the time.
There
are few reports -that I've found- of the RAM wearing
out. Bill, I
sincerely hope yours hasn't given up- that would suggest
bad things
about mine in the near future. Anyway- I was under the
impression that
when the disk wore out, the clutch would slip rather
than bind. So
perhaps some of Greg's suggestions about lubrication is
more likely?
J

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