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Recently my clutch started slipping with 32K miles on it. After reading many post here I decided to replace the frictions and the springs and hold the extra steel plate option open in case I needed that. So I ordered a set of EBC friction plates and a set of HD springs and a new steel plate.
The old clutch plates looked in good shape but did exibit some wear and two of the steel plates had a couple of small burnish marks on them. The new springs were about 1/16" taller than the OEM springs and when I put the new friction plates together with the steels the pack was about 1/32" thicker than the stack with the OEM plates. So I decided not to install the extra steel at this time.
I put the new friction plates in oil the night before to let them soak. I used a piece of glass to check for flatness of the steels and they were all OK. Then I used some 220 grit wet/dry sand paper to tooth the surface the steel plates. After that I cleaned up all the parts. Everything looked new. It all went back together easily and I took care when tightening the star plate that the springs were in the correct positions. I took advantage of the situation to clean the oil level glass and to polish the cover on my buffing wheel. The whole job took about 2 hours.
After everything was finished and the clutch and cable adjusted, I noticed the lever had a much more firm feel to it than before. Also, I noticed that the travel of the lever felt more full than before. Road test time! I noticed from the start that the clutch engaged extremely smooth, with no hint of a chatter. I rode about 30 miles to seat everything in before I gave it the WOT test. What a difference! All the way up to redline without a hint of slippage.
Everything was right around $100.00 from BikeBandit.
Recently my clutch started slipping with 32K miles on it. After reading many post here I decided to replace the frictions and the springs and hold the extra steel plate option open in case I needed that. So I ordered a set of EBC friction plates and a set of HD springs and a new steel plate.
The old clutch plates looked in good shape but did exibit some wear and two of the steel plates had a couple of small burnish marks on them. The new springs were about 1/16" taller than the OEM springs and when I put the new friction plates together with the steels the pack was about 1/32" thicker than the stack with the OEM plates. So I decided not to install the extra steel at this time.
I put the new friction plates in oil the night before to let them soak. I used a piece of glass to check for flatness of the steels and they were all OK. Then I used some 220 grit wet/dry sand paper to tooth the surface the steel plates. After that I cleaned up all the parts. Everything looked new. It all went back together easily and I took care when tightening the star plate that the springs were in the correct positions. I took advantage of the situation to clean the oil level glass and to polish the cover on my buffing wheel. The whole job took about 2 hours.
After everything was finished and the clutch and cable adjusted, I noticed the lever had a much more firm feel to it than before. Also, I noticed that the travel of the lever felt more full than before. Road test time! I noticed from the start that the clutch engaged extremely smooth, with no hint of a chatter. I rode about 30 miles to seat everything in before I gave it the WOT test. What a difference! All the way up to redline without a hint of slippage.
Everything was right around $100.00 from BikeBandit.
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