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    clutch pack stuck together picture

    I thought I would share what I found when I pulled my clutch apart. But first the reason I did it.

    I just bought this 82 1100G that has been obviously sitting in somebody's garage for a long time. Only 13k miles on her. I got it running and tried going from neutral into 1st while on the main stand. Pulled in the clutch lever (felt good) and dropped the shift lever. The bike jumped and the engine died. Several attempts at adjustment yielded the same result. So I removed the clutch cover and pulled out the discs.



    The first few discs came out as a pack and I could separate them with my fingernails. But the rest of them were so tightly stuck together I had to use a screwdriver to gently pry them apart.

    I wiped them all down and buffed the metal ones with a wire wheel and reassembled.
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    #2
    It's not unusual with bikes that have been sitting for years. Often just getting the engine oil hot is enough to break them free.

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      #3
      Use some cheap oil at first and ride it for a few hundred miles to scrub them. Drain and refill with your better quality oil such as Rotella T.
      MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
      1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

      NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


      I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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        #4
        Just soak the plates in oil, put it together and ride it. Good oil is good, you won't hurt the oil any. If you get one stuck in the future, just ride it around in first gear with the clutch pulled in, cracking the throttle on and off. It will free up in a few seconds.
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          #5
          you could have ridden it , holding the clutch lever pulled in, and they would have broken loose in a couple minutes.

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            #6
            That happened to my KZ after it sat over the winter.

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              #7
              Originally posted by fivestring View Post
              Pulled in the clutch lever (felt good) and dropped the shift lever. The bike jumped and the engine died. Several attempts at adjustment yielded the same result. So I removed the clutch cover and pulled out the discs.

              Just for reference, you get the same result from using the wrong engine oil. I'm not discounting your clutch issue, but I created this exact same symptom by assuming that I knew what I was doing when I changed the oil my first time.
              My bad.

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                #8
                I just bought the bike with unknown history so I was curious what shape the discs were in anyway. And I had the old oil already drained for changing.

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