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Started by Caravan, July 28, 2004, 08:00:53 PM

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Caravan

..okay, I don't yet have a shop manual.  How can I adjust the clutch at the bars to elimanate a dragging clutch that is noticeable at start-up in gear.  Which way to turn the adjuster?   :dunno:


Thanks.

Gene
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JamesG

You mean how it kinda lurches forward when you crank it when cold?
Thats the cold oil sticking between the clutch plates. Its a "design feature".

If it does it even when warm, then you want to thread the adjuster out so there is less slack in the cable.
James Greeson
GS Posse
WERA #306

Kerry

For additional details (and pics!) see the thread
    Adjusting the clutch cable[/list:u]
    Yellow 1999 GS500E
    Kerry's Suzuki GS500 Page

    Caravan

    ..thank you both!  It does occur when "cold".  A "design feature"...?  Sort of reminds me of the "undocumented" features brought to you by a certain US software giant.   ;)

    Kerry,  thanks for the informative photos.  Now, <sigh>, if I could just remember to search first.

    :cheers:

    Gene
    All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night ... wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.
                                    —T. E. Lawrence

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