Clutch not moving..gs450

[madmaze]

Hey guys,
I am working on my project gs450, it sat around for a few years and when i got it the clutch was impossible to operate, so today i took a look and it seems like the pin that the clutch lever pushes doesnt move in at all.
I can pull it out but it wont go in any further
Does anyone have suspicions what that might be?
also on the right side of the bike i was trying to take off the crank case cover and had no luck the damn thing just wont come off.. any tips or tricks?
im sure ill get it off after i sleep on it a bit.

any comments and suggestions welcome

[madmaze]

here is some pictures..




How far is that pin supposed to move?
and isnt it supposed to bounce back once its pushed in?
mine currently moves about 5mm to one side and then it needs to be pushed back to the other.

is that normal?
if not any diagnosis?

[Suzuki_Don]

The pin name is clutch pushrod. We need to know the year model of your 450 as there were more than one type of clutch pushrod. There was a two piece pushrod and a one piece pushrod. The two parts that you highlighted in your pictures are not the same part. One of the parts pushes against the other to actuate the clutch.

[madmaze]

thanks for the response..
I figured out it out, for some reason all my clutch plates were sized together.
not sure how that happened.. but i guess im getting new ones.

[Suzuki_Don]

Well done. Keep at it. There is help at hand if you need it. My 550 has a very similar if not identical setup as your 450.

[casey]

Hey, I have a GS 550 1980, and the same problem. I just replaced the clutch plates and springs, and now the pulling the clutch does not disengage the gears.

Previously, I had the opposite problem, wherein the bike wouldn't go into gear at all. I would put it in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc, and the bike would roll like it was in neutral.

I started tightening and loosening the pushrod mechanism (the screw without a head, under the separate compartment that is mounted to the plate covering the clutch cable, clutch cable spring and gear as shown in MadMaze's first pic). All this loosening got the bike to engage in gear. I was thrilled.

But now I've found no way to get the clutch to work. I can get the clutch real tight, to where you can barely pull back the lever, but that still doesn't disengage the gears like i'd like.

Any ideas?

[uudfourty]

not sure how that happened..

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