What do you use to clean an oil contaminated clutch plate?
A couple of litres of coke will strip the oil and grease. Lancia would quite often use it when integrale clutches misbehaved on a stage.
What happens if you put oil on the clutch?
Providing the clutch material hasn’t completely soaked in oil, it’ll burn it off after a bit, or should do. In my experience it will slip, burn and glaze the centre plate = no clutch. If you took it out now you could boil it in caustic soda to get the oil out but having spent the time getting the ‘box of you may as well fit a new plate.
What’s the difference between a wet and dry clutch?
What Is A Wet Clutch? Wet clutches in general have multiple clutch plates (in cars) and have a supply of oil to lubricate and cool the components. The wet clutches are greatly amplified and therefore can cope with much higher torque inputs. In a wet clutch, the lubricating oil keeps surfaces clean and provides smoother performance and longer life.
What’s the difference between twin plate and multi plate clutch?
The clutch connects the two shafts so that they may be locked together and spin at the same speed (engaged), locked together but spinning at different speeds (slipping) or unlocked and spinning at different speeds (disengaged). Clutches are normally designed as single-plate, twin plate or multi-plate types depending on the number of driven disks.
How do you remove clutch plates on a motorcycle?
Now remove the the clutch plates. On some clutches you pull the plates and the inner clutch basket as a unit after removing the nut or circlip holding it on. On others, you remove an outer clutch plate/spring carrier and then pull out the plates individually. There may be large rubber rings or large flat spring like things between the plates.
What should I do if my clutch basket is badly worn?
Both inner and outer. if they are badly worn, consider replacing the clutch basket. Take the new fiber plates and soak them in a pan of oil for an hour or two before assembly. If you are reusing the old plates you can just coat them with oil.
Where does the oil come from on a clutch plate?
Sources. Oil on the clutch plate almost always comes from a rear main seal leak, but it could also come from a loose or leaking oil gallery plug or oil pan. While oil from other places may leak into the transmission bellhousing from other sources, odd are good that it won’t be enough to penetrate the clutch disc.
What to do when your clutch does not release on a motorcycle?
You pull the clutch lever in but the plates will not disengage. About 60-70% of the time you can get them to release by running the bike up to 15-20 MPH and locking up the rear brake while you hold the clutch lever in (disengaged).
What kind of oil should I use for my wet clutch?
They’re dialed-in with the correct frictional properties to promote smooth shifts and consistent clutch feel while guarding against wear for long clutch life. Using the best oil for a motorcycle or dirt bike wet clutch will help you focus on riding instead of wasting time on unplanned maintenance.
How does oil affect the clutch on a motorcycle?
The oil’s additive chemistry has the greatest effect on performance. Friction modifiers, added to some passenger car/light truck motor oils to maximize fuel economy, can decrease the coefficient of friction within the clutch pack and result in excessive slippage.
Can a car clutch be contaminated with oil?
After fitting the new clutch, which didn’t want to disengage correctly. Then re-fitment of the cleaned up old clutch the problem re-surfaced. Checked the new clutch was the only one for the car (which it was) I attempted to refit it. This showed further oil contamination but NOT from the transmission.
What kind of oil does a Velocette classics use?
Now there is a vast difference in opinion regarding what oil to run in these bikes, however we would always recommend that you only use a classics type oil, i.e NOT semi-synthetic or fully synthetic modern oil.
They’re dialed-in with the correct frictional properties to promote smooth shifts and consistent clutch feel while guarding against wear for long clutch life. Using the best oil for a motorcycle or dirt bike wet clutch will help you focus on riding instead of wasting time on unplanned maintenance.
How do you change the clutch on a Velocette?
After removing the gearbox sprocket cover, Use the clutch adjusting peg/tool through the hole in the gearbox sprocket and engage the flat into the spring carrier, pull the rear wheel backwards a quarter turn at a time, checking for clutch slip after each movement.
The oil’s additive chemistry has the greatest effect on performance. Friction modifiers, added to some passenger car/light truck motor oils to maximize fuel economy, can decrease the coefficient of friction within the clutch pack and result in excessive slippage.