Clutch - too little resistance (?)

[Coseverde]

In the course of other work, I removed the front sprocket cover, and undid the two bolts shown below to disassemble and clean.

Put it back together, and now when I squeeze my clutch there is only a fraction of the tension that was there before.

I'm guessing that's probably not good.  How do I fix that?

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[Janx101]

This... and your pushrod pic/thread. . Provoke a half memory from last year..  if the lever bit (I think) isn't the right position.. then the rod doesn't contact it properly/at all? ..

Paging gsJack ! ..

Jack pointed me right when I was fiddling/cleaning same area

[Coseverde]

I haven't actually reassembled everything yet, so I don't see the two issues as related.  Or am I wrong?

[Janx101]

The pushrod. .. pushes your clutch in. . The lever and spring bit in your above pic. .. push the pushrod! 

[Coseverde]

Okay, so when I put the pushrod back in, it doesn't seat into anything in particular?

Also, with the sprocket cover off the whole time, the resistance on my clutch handle changed between before I unbolted the thing photo'd above, and after I put it back together.  Why?

[Janx101]

Far as I remember the rod just pushes into its hole and that's about it..

Resistance. .. you clean and Lubed it maybe? ... little bit of lube goes a long way?... or the cable was a bit torqued and resistant before? .. don't fret too much until it's bolted back up (IMO) .. if it all works ok then all good... if not then it's only couple bolts and check things over again... learning experience! .. there's always learning on new things we try!

[Coseverde]

True enough,  but before I started it was fine.  Now it feels like there's almost no resistance.  There is some, just very little.

[W201028]

If i understand this right, you are pulling the clutch lever with the sprocket cover off, right?
The resistance you are used to feeling is not from that spring shown in the picture, but from the clutch basket on the other side of the motor. The clutch lever pulls the cable, which moves the lever shown in the picture. When that rotates, it pushes on the clutch push rod, which moves through the input shaft and pushes the clutch pressure plate, releasing the clutch. The tension you are used to feeling is the clutch spings that hold the pressure plate closed to the clutch plates.
Check the attached picture, and I think it will make more sense to you how the clutch works. The part you have pictured is number 24 on the image I attached.
Hope this clears things up for you!

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[Coseverde]

Yes, I think so.  Where did you get this image?  I would love a set of these for my bike!