Broken spring
Broken spring
I took the durby cover off my primary cover this morning to change out to a longer clutch cable. When I pulled the cover the lock spring I guess I would call it was broken in two. It's the spring that pushes on the back side of the cover to push in that lock nut.
Has anyone seen this before? It just ended my plans of going for a short ride today. The stealer is still closed on Sundays for now.
Has anyone seen this before? It just ended my plans of going for a short ride today. The stealer is still closed on Sundays for now.
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From: fegfsg
well its just a spring you can take one half and stretch it with some pliers and make it so it holds the locknut as a temp fix until you order the new part. as longs it fits around the locknut and is long enough to compress against the cover it wont get eaten by the primary
well its just a spring you can take one half and stretch it with some pliers and make it so it holds the locknut as a temp fix until you order the new part. as longs it fits around the locknut and is long enough to compress against the cover it wont get eaten by the primary
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From: fegfsg
consider buying a replcement at any hardware store. they come in compression and expansion springs and many lentghs and sizes. its not a specialized part, it just prevents the lock nut from coming off the clutch adjusting shaft.
unless your ok with waiting to order the OEM part
unless your ok with waiting to order the OEM part
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If it's not a daily rider...do NOT just throw any old spring in there. If you can wait, then wait. Not saying it's not a possibility, but things are engineered to work a certain way. If you start screwing around with "field fixes", you'll create more problems down the line.
I have seen one snap....heat + thin metal with tension on it just does that...it's science, lol. Your dealer should have them, so just hold off until tomorrow, head down there, pay the 2 bucks for the new one, and pop it in. While you've got it open, make sure you check out the other parts and the oil level as well. Might as well.
I have seen one snap....heat + thin metal with tension on it just does that...it's science, lol. Your dealer should have them, so just hold off until tomorrow, head down there, pay the 2 bucks for the new one, and pop it in. While you've got it open, make sure you check out the other parts and the oil level as well. Might as well.
I've ridden it close to 20K in the past 2 1/2 years so I do ride it pretty daily. Well, as daily as I can in chicago, winters and all. I am gonna get the dealer piece. I'm n no rush just as of yet. It is still March. I had already drained the fluid, was gonna change it. Think I'm gonna get a new durby cover gasket too. Oh, and a o-ring for the drain plug.
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From: fegfsg
If it's not a daily rider...do NOT just throw any old spring in there. If you can wait, then wait. Not saying it's not a possibility, but things are engineered to work a certain way. If you start screwing around with "field fixes", you'll create more problems down the line.
I have seen one snap....heat + thin metal with tension on it just does that...it's science, lol. Your dealer should have them, so just hold off until tomorrow, head down there, pay the 2 bucks for the new one, and pop it in. While you've got it open, make sure you check out the other parts and the oil level as well. Might as well.
I have seen one snap....heat + thin metal with tension on it just does that...it's science, lol. Your dealer should have them, so just hold off until tomorrow, head down there, pay the 2 bucks for the new one, and pop it in. While you've got it open, make sure you check out the other parts and the oil level as well. Might as well.
yea thats true, my own spring is a cheapy hardware store replacement and its been in there for a year (i lost the original when it popped off in a dirty garage.)
if u can wait its best you can never tell if the replacement spring was designed for the heat range of the machine your putting it into, i guess i got lucky
and now that ive said this my spring will go through my transmission and i will be out of a bike
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Knowing your luck Joe, yeah...lol. The only reason I say that is because improper tension can cause even the slightest gap, wobble, wiggle, rattle, etc....which eventually throws other stuff out, then so on and so on. If you gotta fix something like that to get a couple miles down the road, that's one thing...but you're on borrowed time if you leave it in there for that long 