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i took the clutch cover off to replace a leaky gasket on my 82 gs1100L today and while it was off i figured i would check the clutch plates. i unscrewed the six spring bolts and i took the plates out. they checked out ok so i put them back inside in the right order and tigthened the six spring screws and put the cover on. now i cant get the clutch to disengage. is there something i missed? if i pull the clutch in, and try to push the bike it will slowly move but the clutch is dragging alot. i tried adjusting the free play but that didnt really help. it was fine before, is there something inside i was supposed to make sure of was lined up. i wiped all the oil off the metal plates and clutch material plates. would that cause it not to slip. theres no oil in the bike either right now. any ideas would help. thanks.
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You are off a tooth on the clutch pinion gear. Undo the pinch bolt and move it a step towards you.
Or you don't have the teeth lined up on the gears of the clutch pull out.1983 GS 1100E w/ 1230 kit, .340 lift Web Cams, Ape heavy duty valve springs, 83 1100 head with 1.5mm oversized SS intake valves, 1150 crank, Vance and Hines 1150 SuperHub, Star Racing high volume oil pump gears, 36mm carebs Dynojet stage 3 jet kit, Posplayr's SSPB, Progressive rear shocks and fork springs, Dyna 2000, Dynatek green coils and Vance & Hines 4-1 exhaust.
1985 GS1150ES stock with 85 Red E bodywork.
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ok ill check the those. tell me if this test rules anything out. i got a pair of vise grips and grabed the pinion shaft thing that sticks out the top and turned it all way and clutch still drags. so that would rule out any cable free play or the pinch bolt idea right? so it must be someting on the inside.Comment
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If I remember right, all my bikes drag when they aren't running, they don't disengage to a point where its rolls as freely as neutral.
Right?
Plus if it's all dry the plates probably won't slide as easily in the basket fingers. There is no spring that pushes them apart its just the lack of inward pressure when the lever is pulled that causes them to "slip"/disengage.
I think you can see the plates through the oil fill whole,
look in at plates with lever out, then squeeze cluth in wile looking and see if the pressure plate is moving.Comment
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yup everything is good now. i fill it with oil and let it run a little then the clutch plates started to slip once i let the clutch in and out a few times while in gear. thanks guys.Comment
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