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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: SloS13 on December 10, 2009, 07:06:03 PM

Title: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: SloS13 on December 10, 2009, 07:06:03 PM: 2000 or so Honda 300EX.

Since I bough the thing the clutch does weird, never fully disengages. i.e. If it's in gear and I've got the clutch in, the quad still wants to move forward a bit. No amount of adjusting helped.

So, I bought a new set of friction/metal plates, springs and installed them. Same fucking problem.

Any ideas?
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Post by: Towdogg on December 10, 2009, 07:07:01 PM: streched clutch cable......
Title: Re: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: Whitey on December 10, 2009, 07:17:51 PM: Is the basket grooved?
Title: Re: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: SloS13 on December 10, 2009, 07:47:34 PM: Quote from: Whitey on December 10, 2009, 07:17:51 PM
Is the basket grooved?

its not the clutch cable. I hooked up some vice grips for leverage and even as far as it'll go, clutch still grabs.

Whitey- checked when I changed the discs and no, no grooves. :/
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Post by: 88dx on December 10, 2009, 07:48:43 PM: Make sure its fully warmed up, when the oil is cold and thick they like to still move
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Post by: SloS13 on December 10, 2009, 08:11:38 PM: right now there's no oil in the crank case. I put the cover on with like 3 bolts to test it in case shit was still fucked up I wouldnt have to drain the oil and shit again.
Title: Re: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: Whitey on December 10, 2009, 10:32:43 PM: Are you trying to adjust the clutch by just the cable, or did you try adjusting the clutch by the adjuster on the center of actual clutch?
Title: Re: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: SloS13 on December 11, 2009, 09:15:14 AM: Quote from: Whitey on December 10, 2009, 10:32:43 PM
Are you trying to adjust the clutch by just the cable, or did you try adjusting the clutch by the adjuster on the center of actual clutch?

Both. It's not a problem with the cable but something in the clutch assembly. I put a vice-grip on the thing that the clutch cable attaches to so I could be sure I was moving it as far as it would go.

I think I need to look up how these clutches work so I can have a good understanding of how they work.
Title: Re: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: Corey on December 11, 2009, 02:37:46 PM: my quad kinda kicks forward when its put into gear even with the clutch fully disenaged but it wont move or anything just kinda feels like its n ot fully disengaged when you go from neutral to 1st gear
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Post by: t_cel_t on December 11, 2009, 02:55:32 PM: what your describing is exactly how all bikes/atvs act when you ride them. you got to remember most clutches have like 5+ plates and it just barely releases the disks when you engage the clutch.
Title: Re: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: SloS13 on December 11, 2009, 03:46:53 PM: Well I've had a few quads and wet-clutch dirtbikes before and I know what you're sayin but this one in particular is a bit ridiculous. i.e. It'll pull me up-hill with the clutch fully disengaged in 1st gear.

Maybe it is a little better now and I won't realize it until everything is buttoned back up and I warm the thing up.
Title: Re: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: Whitey on December 11, 2009, 05:12:35 PM: This happened to me when I put heavy ass springs in once. If you tried both adjustments and you think it isn't right then you have the springs on too tight.
Title: Re: ATV clutch problem. HALP!
Post by: SloS13 on December 11, 2009, 08:55:19 PM: Quote from: Whitey on December 11, 2009, 05:12:35 PM
This happened to me when I put heavy ass springs in once. If you tried both adjustments and you think it isn't right then you have the springs on too tight.

hrmm...I bottomed out the spring retainer bolts. wrong move?