Clutch Issues

[ragecage23]

Thanks for that. I didn't even think about looking it up :/

[ragecage23]

I just wanted to thank everyone for your help. Everyone who posted made a huge contribution in the effort of getting my bike back to working properly. If it weren't for you guys my bike wouldn't be fixed right now.

I got the left over rod out easily, I stripped one bolt, but a trip to Home Depot took care of that. put everything back together with new gaskets, put some oil in it and readjusted the clutch and she's good as new.

Thanks again everyone.

[Dizzledan]

Cool! Doesn't it feel great to have done it by yourself? How about some pics to show the part of the rod that came out? Was it a clean break?

[ragecage23]

Sure thing! When I get home I'll put them up. And it was almost a clean break. It sure does feel good doing it by myself. I'm no mechanic so I was very proud of myself.

[ragecage23]

The one of the left is the left over push rod that I got out and the one on the right is the bolt that I screwed up when I was tightening the clutch basket.

[twinrat]

you only  broke the top off the bolt??why do you think i gave you the torque settings ?  O well we live  and learn by our mistakes and it makes us better at it next time .Also at least you gave it a go and good on you.

[ragecage23]

I didn't hear or feel the click so I just kept going for all six. So when this one broke I replaced all six with a grade-8 bolt.

[twinrat]

if you didnt hear it or feel it it was already 99% broke when you took it out .a little trick to removing these jap bolts is to give them a little tap with a hammer before you remove them it takes a bit of the tension out of them and breaks the corrision that they seem to get on them especialy where they go into aluminium and have been there a long time,often saves a helicoil job  .Another tip is when you have a bolt torqued up give it a tap with a hammer and torque once more only,you will not have to retorque that bolt especialy head bolts .I think you have the bottem of the bolt upside down in the photo as the bottem piece looks stretched and broken .

[ragecage23]

Thanks for the tips and yes I have the bolt upside down.