Clutch Advice Needed - gears graunching - no adjustment
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:04 pm
Looking for some help/advice with my Norton/AMC clutch please.
Whilst out riding, gear changing became noisy with gears graunching when selected. I went to adjust the cable adjuster on the clutch lever (on the handlebar) and found that it was screwed out to its furthest extent; winding it in caused more graunching, so I wound it back out to its previous position and thankfully, got home.
In the workshop, I slackened off the clutch cable adjuster on the clutch lever by winding it all the way in, then removed the dome, slackened the clutch centre lock nut for the thrust rod and turned the screw until some resistance was felt then back off exactly half a turn and nipped the lock nut back up.
I then adjusted the clutch lever cable adjuster to about half way but it was still way too slack and didn't operate the clutch at all.
I thought about screwing in the thrust rod adjuster more (i.e. past the point of initial resistance) however, I'm not sure what affect this will have on the clutch and anyways, it's not what it says to do in the book.
Can someone help me understand what's going on and how I can adjust the clutch properly so I can get the clutch cable adjuster back to where it originally started and not at its furthest extend.
I didn't touch the adjuster that goes into the gearbox; just the adjuster on the clutch lever on the handlebar.
Thanks in advance,
Jai
Whilst out riding, gear changing became noisy with gears graunching when selected. I went to adjust the cable adjuster on the clutch lever (on the handlebar) and found that it was screwed out to its furthest extent; winding it in caused more graunching, so I wound it back out to its previous position and thankfully, got home.
In the workshop, I slackened off the clutch cable adjuster on the clutch lever by winding it all the way in, then removed the dome, slackened the clutch centre lock nut for the thrust rod and turned the screw until some resistance was felt then back off exactly half a turn and nipped the lock nut back up.
I then adjusted the clutch lever cable adjuster to about half way but it was still way too slack and didn't operate the clutch at all.
I thought about screwing in the thrust rod adjuster more (i.e. past the point of initial resistance) however, I'm not sure what affect this will have on the clutch and anyways, it's not what it says to do in the book.
Can someone help me understand what's going on and how I can adjust the clutch properly so I can get the clutch cable adjuster back to where it originally started and not at its furthest extend.
I didn't touch the adjuster that goes into the gearbox; just the adjuster on the clutch lever on the handlebar.
Thanks in advance,
Jai