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Clutch/shifter question

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Hello everyone,


I've got a question about the smoothness of shifting on my '80 GS 850 L.

After I changed the gear oil in both my secondary, and final drive (with 80w90 Hypoid gear oil) , I noticed that the shifting , while moving, is much more difficult.

I wonder whether I perhaps over-filled the secondary-drive, because when the bike is off, I can switch from 1st through to 4th gear very smoothly and easily.

Perhaps it is my clutch plates?


thanks for any advice.



POOT
 
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Did the bike sit for awhile before you did the change,I changed the oil in my seca after it had sat for about a week and it was hard shifting all of a sudden, turns out that the clutch with only 14k had started to go dry and was sticking the plates together, I was able to go thru the fill hole with a small long screw driver and pick them apart with the clutch pulled in, its ok now but I will be putting a new one in, I think you would know if it was overfilled, and I think you changed to syn. oil from a preveous post?
 
Changing the hypoid gear oil in the diff & Bevelrd gear case would have NOTHING to do with shifting, the gearbox is lubed by the engine oil. Check the clutch adjustment
 
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