Clutch adjustment questions....
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Brother you really really need to keep your Harley away from this guy. If he does believe this who knows what other steps he doesn't take when working on your bike?
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One caution generated from experience. Once the lock nut is backed off the plate and you start to feel for the contact point, don't be fooled by some slight resistance. It could be caused by burred threads rather than the pin contact point. Running the screw well in past the contact point to assure no false resistance won't hurt anything as long as you back it out and go for the 1/2 to one turn out from the contact point. Don't over tighten the lock nut, the book torque is surprisingly light. If I remembered it I would tell you now, but I don't recall it for the moment.
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One caution generated from experience. Once the lock nut is backed off the plate and you start to feel for the contact point, don't be fooled by some slight resistance. It could be caused by burred threads rather than the pin contact point. Running the screw well in past the contact point to assure no false resistance won't hurt anything as long as you back it out and go for the 1/2 to one turn out from the contact point. Don't over tighten the lock nut, the book torque is surprisingly light. If I remembered it I would tell you now, but I don't recall it for the moment.
That has happened to me(the burred threads) I got a false reading and had to go back and do it over again......... sometimes it does feel like its seated when its not.......
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One caution generated from experience. Once the lock nut is backed off the plate and you start to feel for the contact point, don't be fooled by some slight resistance. It could be caused by burred threads rather than the pin contact point. Running the screw well in past the contact point to assure no false resistance won't hurt anything as long as you back it out and go for the 1/2 to one turn out from the contact point. Don't over tighten the lock nut, the book torque is surprisingly light. If I remembered it I would tell you now, but I don't recall it for the moment.
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[QUOTE=btsom;13212280]don't be fooled by some slight resistance. It could be caused by burred threads rather than the pin contact point. Running the screw well in past the contact point to assure no false resistance won't hurt anything as long as you back it out and go for the 1/2 to one turn out from the contact point./QUOTE]
DO THIS!
Get the HD shop manual. You'll be amazed at how much stuff you can do on your own! All the maintenance procedures are in there. Read the manual THEN go to you tube if you don't understand something.
DO THIS!
Get the HD shop manual. You'll be amazed at how much stuff you can do on your own! All the maintenance procedures are in there. Read the manual THEN go to you tube if you don't understand something.
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