What causes clutch plates to stick?
A clutch usually sticks when the basket has become worn and notched and causes the plates to get caught against the basket tabs. Although your bike is new, it wouldn’t hurt to remove your clutch plates and inspect the basket for a small burr or nick that could be causing your problem.
Why do motorcycle clutch plates stick?
It depends on the storage situation of the motorcycle, but the cause of the tension may be that the oil on the clutch plate and the friction plate will flow down, causing the metal clutch plate to rust, or the remaining oil between the close plates may be altered.
Why wont my motorcycle clutch engage?
If the clutch cannot ‘engage’, it’s too tight, and it’s not allowing the clutch plates to fully engage when you release the lever. If you get any power at all, you’ll get clutch slip under any high-torque situation, and also burn out your clutch plates.
What to do when your clutch plates are stuck?
If some of the clutch plates are stuck together – with the engine running – tranny in neutral – you pull in the clutch and tap the gearshift lever into first – and even though the clutch lever is pulled in the bike bangs into gear and lurches forward hard
What causes a clutch disc to rust out?
From just normal operation, the friction surfaces of both the flywheel and the pressure plate are highly polished, and are prone to rusting out when out of use for even a few short, consecutive weeks.
Where does the clutch disc go in storage?
When a manual transmission vehicle is placed in storage, the fiber of the clutch disc is held captive, under considerable force, between the flywheel face and the pressure plate.
Can a clutch disc and flywheel be fused together?
It is little wonder, therefore, that at the end of an extended storage period, the flywheel, clutch disc, and pressure plate are often found to be fused together by rust into what seems to be a solid unit.
From just normal operation, the friction surfaces of both the flywheel and the pressure plate are highly polished, and are prone to rusting out when out of use for even a few short, consecutive weeks.
What should I do if my clutch disc does not come free?
B. If the clutch disc does not come free after a few gentle attempts, as described thus, proceed to more drastic measures as offered in step 7, and here you will need an assistant! 7. Confirm that the following conditions are extant:
It is little wonder, therefore, that at the end of an extended storage period, the flywheel, clutch disc, and pressure plate are often found to be fused together by rust into what seems to be a solid unit.
When a manual transmission vehicle is placed in storage, the fiber of the clutch disc is held captive, under considerable force, between the flywheel face and the pressure plate.