So I have a 78 fxs and Im having trouble adjusting this goddamned clutch.
It started creeping at stoplights and shifting real hard, and I couldn't find neutral to save my life. The clutch was adjusted and then twenty miles later my clutch lever goes completely slack. Open up the kicker cover and find my throwout bearing and the washers sitting in a bunch of pieces.
So I got a new clutch pushrod and throwout bearing installed, i even got a new clutch adjustment screw put in. Then i cross threaded the nut on the stud that holds the kicker cover on and accidently unscrewed the whole stud out of the transmission, so had to fix that haha.
I follow all the instructions in my hd manual to get the clutch adjusted ...proper space between starter motor, clutch adjustment screw set to spec and right amount of slack on clutch lever (even though I had to back out the cable adjuster way farther than I would've liked to get the lever to feel right)
So I guess I'm wondering if there's any other little tricks that anyone has that they'd like to share..
The bikes pretty much brand new, only three hundred miles on a complete rebuild ( new clutch, cable, everything, motor rebuilt, tranny rebuilt yada yada yada)
Thanks ahead of time
It started creeping at stoplights and shifting real hard, and I couldn't find neutral to save my life. The clutch was adjusted and then twenty miles later my clutch lever goes completely slack. Open up the kicker cover and find my throwout bearing and the washers sitting in a bunch of pieces.
So I got a new clutch pushrod and throwout bearing installed, i even got a new clutch adjustment screw put in. Then i cross threaded the nut on the stud that holds the kicker cover on and accidently unscrewed the whole stud out of the transmission, so had to fix that haha.
I follow all the instructions in my hd manual to get the clutch adjusted ...proper space between starter motor, clutch adjustment screw set to spec and right amount of slack on clutch lever (even though I had to back out the cable adjuster way farther than I would've liked to get the lever to feel right)
So I guess I'm wondering if there's any other little tricks that anyone has that they'd like to share..
The bikes pretty much brand new, only three hundred miles on a complete rebuild ( new clutch, cable, everything, motor rebuilt, tranny rebuilt yada yada yada)
Thanks ahead of time
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