Clutch adjustment question?
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From: Rosamond, Cali
"Hippo" HD clutch adjustment procedure
This is from another site, posted by someone else. I stole it, and brought it here...
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I don't claim credit for this: It comes from "Hippo" who is a HD Mechanic on the MSN, HTT Tech Talk site but I use it over the HD Shop Manual procedure.
As long as you have opened up Derby cover to check oil level, this procedure makes the clutch adjustment a little quicker IMO.
1. Loosen the clutch cable adjuster and shorten the cable sleeve as much as possible, but dont mess with the lever. Just leave it alone until the 3rd step.
2. Loosen the lock nut on the clutch pack push rod adjuster.
3. Pull in the clutch lever. It should touch the handle bar grip. If it does not touch the handle bar grip back out the push rod adjuster at the clutch pack while keeping pressure on the clutch lever until it touches the handlebar.
4. When the clutch lever touches the handle bar turn in the push rod adjuster while keeping pressure with your hand on the clutch lever. When you turn in the adjuster it will start to push the lever off the handle bar. Back the adjuster out until the lever returns to just touching the handle bar. Do this a couple of times until you know you are at the point where the lever is just touching the bar. When you find this point - back the adjuster out 1/2 turn and lock it down.
5. Adjust the clutch cable to 1/8 slack and lock it down.
Buy yourself a cheap 11/16 deep well socket and weld a nut on top of it. This makes the perfect tool for the adjuster lock nut as you can then use an allen wrench inside the socket to prevent the adjuster screw from turning with the nut. Makes it a lot simpler. ( Note from Green Hornet..I use a big pair of curved jaw lockjoint pliers cranked down on the 11/16 socket)
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I don't claim credit for this: It comes from "Hippo" who is a HD Mechanic on the MSN, HTT Tech Talk site but I use it over the HD Shop Manual procedure.
As long as you have opened up Derby cover to check oil level, this procedure makes the clutch adjustment a little quicker IMO.
1. Loosen the clutch cable adjuster and shorten the cable sleeve as much as possible, but dont mess with the lever. Just leave it alone until the 3rd step.
2. Loosen the lock nut on the clutch pack push rod adjuster.
3. Pull in the clutch lever. It should touch the handle bar grip. If it does not touch the handle bar grip back out the push rod adjuster at the clutch pack while keeping pressure on the clutch lever until it touches the handlebar.
4. When the clutch lever touches the handle bar turn in the push rod adjuster while keeping pressure with your hand on the clutch lever. When you turn in the adjuster it will start to push the lever off the handle bar. Back the adjuster out until the lever returns to just touching the handle bar. Do this a couple of times until you know you are at the point where the lever is just touching the bar. When you find this point - back the adjuster out 1/2 turn and lock it down.
5. Adjust the clutch cable to 1/8 slack and lock it down.
Buy yourself a cheap 11/16 deep well socket and weld a nut on top of it. This makes the perfect tool for the adjuster lock nut as you can then use an allen wrench inside the socket to prevent the adjuster screw from turning with the nut. Makes it a lot simpler. ( Note from Green Hornet..I use a big pair of curved jaw lockjoint pliers cranked down on the 11/16 socket)
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From: Honah Lee
Buy yourself a cheap 11/16 deep well socket and weld a nut on top of it. This makes the perfect tool for the adjuster lock nut as you can then use an allen wrench inside the socket to prevent the adjuster screw from turning with the nut. Makes it a lot simpler. ( Note from Green Hornet..I use a big pair of curved jaw lockjoint pliers cranked down on the 11/16 socket)
Seen this before. I have no problem with my offset box wrench. Do some Harley engines have a clearance problem between lock nut and outer primary case? The torque is fairly low for this nut.
What is this in reference to? Is it because I asked a question about clutch adjustment? And what is a "hot damn shop manual"?
Thats what I thought, I do have and did use the shop manual, watched a video that's posted on here in another thread and still had questions. Unlike the other posts, Slewfoot's was not very helpful to me, classic!
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