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  • #16
    Lithium grease is too thick. You need to get it down the cable. They make a little kit thing to do this, but what works best for me, is to take the clutch cable off of the left handle, cut out a hole in a zip-lock bag large enough to stick the cable into the bag just a touch, then tape the bag there at that corner to seal the cable and bag together. I then spray silicone spray into the bag to make a pool around the cable and it will slowly seep down the cable. I'll usually just tape this whole bag/cable setup to the handgrip and let it seep all night. It will leak out the other end of the cable and make a mess, so I stuff a rag around the bottom side of it.

    BUT... silicone spray isn't cheap, and an aftermarket replacement clutch cable is only $15. If you can move the clutch handle in and out very slowly and it's smooth, not jerky feeling... I wouldn't mess with doing any of this.

    Tod
    Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

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    Current bikes:
    '06 Suzuki DR650
    *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
    '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
    '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
    '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
    '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
    '81 XS1100 Special
    '81 YZ250
    '80 XS850 Special
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    • #17
      Oh, and here's a copy of the manual (both the OEM and the Clymers). No need to pay money if you can get it for free, right?
      Instructions for adjusting the clutch are in there.
      1980 XS850SG - Sold
      1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
      Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
      Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

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      • #18
        Very much appreciated Tod and Catatonic. You guys and this forum are an invaluable resource. Looking forward to getting my bike out and getting started on my projects now!
        81 XS1100 Special

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