EZ Clutch overhaul

[bonanzadave]

Sliding the basket back on the needle bearing

The two inner most rings


Oil and a cheap filter. Came with the wrong oring.

[bonanzadave]

Did you get the APE clutch hub nut?

I got the Nut today but put it all back together last night. Do you think I really need it ? I used an impact to crank the stock nut back on and bent over the tab. Seems to be working. What do you think ?


The Basket with the check marks filed off the splines

Soaking the fiber plates in oil

The Barnett fiber that went bye bye. Were my springs not strong enough ?

[chef1366]

Did you get the APE clutch hub nut?
FBG is as good as stock according to the dragbike guys on this site. I went with stock.
If you're stock they you should be fine. Any engine mods might warrant a stronger clutch spring. I started out with three stock and three Barnett HD but had to go with all Barnett.

i see one thing wrong. that work area is way too clean.

[bonanzadave]

Doing an oil change and after reading some threads on clutch slip I decided to change my clutch springs due to some slippage. With the clutch cover off its not hard to inspect the plates and fibers. I have been running (12k miles) a Barnett Clutch with stock springs. I discovered a couple fibers were spun down to bare metal and Splines in the Clutch basket were checked. :shock: Soooo, I junked the Barnett and got new FBG (Fast by Gast) plates and fibers, filed out the Checked basket splines and put it back together.

Seems to work fine but I would like to have the clutch gurus look at the pics and tell me if they see any red flags.

Thanks...