strange clutch issue
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strange clutch issue
I've got an intermittent clutch slippage issue. 1988 Sportster, 20,000 miles.
When I got my bike out from winter storage, I checked air pressure, gave it look over and went for a ride around the block. Clutch was slipping - 3rd gear, engine revved up, but bike didn't accelerate at the same rate. Had a lot of slack in the cable - had 1/2" exposed cable. Friction zone was 1/2 way of the clutch lever travel.
Started it up today, and the slack is gone, and the clutch friction zone is where it should be - -around 3/4 out of the clutch levers travel, and the lever springs tight to the released position. No slip, seems normal. Every once in a while, it will go back to where the friction zone is at the 1/2 travel/lever loose deal.
I would think if I had a bad cable, the friction zone would stay in the same place?
Something in the release mechanism at the clutch?
When I got my bike out from winter storage, I checked air pressure, gave it look over and went for a ride around the block. Clutch was slipping - 3rd gear, engine revved up, but bike didn't accelerate at the same rate. Had a lot of slack in the cable - had 1/2" exposed cable. Friction zone was 1/2 way of the clutch lever travel.
Started it up today, and the slack is gone, and the clutch friction zone is where it should be - -around 3/4 out of the clutch levers travel, and the lever springs tight to the released position. No slip, seems normal. Every once in a while, it will go back to where the friction zone is at the 1/2 travel/lever loose deal.
I would think if I had a bad cable, the friction zone would stay in the same place?
Something in the release mechanism at the clutch?
Have you changed your primary oil...looked for debris...pulled the derby cover and checked the clutch adjustment? Sounds like something is awry in there.
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