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Clutch Wont Disengage. Help

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SynchroMoto

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Hey guys!
first post here, long time lurker. So I took my clutch apart on my 79' GS1000 because of the famous rattle and found the main basket nut was lose, easy fix. I took all of my plates off just to inspect while I was there. Everything is within spec.
Now my clutch wont disengage. I cant even fire the bike up on neutral!

I thought it was the cable at first but tonight I took the cable off, turned the clutch lever (at the crankcase) towards the outside, put a pipe on it and turned it as far as I could and the bike still launched forward when I try firing it up.

Any Ideas?

I would really hate to open it back up and lose all that new oil.

THanks
 
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Cant say I like the sound of you using a pipe on the actuating arm. Hope you haven't broken something....

Sounds like you've reassembled the clutch incorrectly somehow.

If you push the front wheel onto a 2 inch block of wood and sit it on the sidestand you wont lose any oil when you take the cover back off.
 
ooh awesome thanks for the tip about the wooden block.

I was careful with the pipe just used it to actuate the arm and make sure the cable was doing its job
 
I may have overtighteb the nut. The inner hub should spin freely from the outer one right? When in neutral. Mine are not and i tighten then it per the manual. 50 ft lb.
 
The inner and outer hub spinning has nothing to do with what gear you're in. Did you lubricate all the clutch plates first before you assembled the clutch? It's a wet clutch and the plates must be lubricated for the clutch to disengage properly. Try riding the bike in gear, pull in the clutch and rev the engine. Usually, this dislodges the plates and everything should be good after that. That's assuming that you have the clutch assembled correctly and the cable adjusted properly.
 
Yeah I tried the riding it in gear and nothing. I mean about the inner and outer hub is that the inner hub goes to the transmission and the outer to the motor. So in neutral and without the plates I should be able to spin the inner hub by hand? separate from the outer hub?
 
SynchroMoto said:
Yeah I tried the riding it in gear and nothing. I mean about the inner and outer hub is that the inner hub goes to the transmission and the outer to the motor. So in neutral and without the plates I should be able to spin the inner hub by hand? separate from the outer hub?
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They will only turn separately when the clutch lever is pulled in.
 
hillsy said:
He said there are no plates in it and it's in neutral. Something is really wrong if the centre hub doesn't turn under those conditions.
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Thanks hillsy, I must have read the plates post too fast:confused:
 
Hey so I figured out what I did wrong..... I'm going to attribute my stupidity to the fact that I have a newborn at home and the lack of sleep, thats my story and I'm stickying to it.

I wanted to post it in case someone else does the same thing in the future.
basically I didn't aligned the tabs that link the oil pump gear and the primary drive. Aligned those and the it works like new.....

Thanks for the help
 
I was just getting ready to post that you probably had not aligned the oil pump gears:rolleyes:
 
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