I finally got some free time to work on the bike (first time in quite a few weeks) and was hoping to take it for a test drive, but first i needed to tackle the clutch popping issue. Pulling in the clutch lever would cause that popping sound, and also the PO had apparently replaced some of the normal bolts securing the left sidecover with set screws with nuts on them... and one hole had nothing.... Anyhow, I took the cover apart, cleaned the mechanism that pushes the clutch in, regreased it and replaced the cable with a new one from motionpro, already fit for the bike and tossed on a few new bolts from a bolt kit. Anyhow, here is the problem...
Correct me if I'm wrong but here's my take on a '73 CB350 clutch actuator thing (is there a technical name for it?). There are basically 2 adjustments for it. 1) adjusting the slack/tension on the cable itself with the spacers on either the lever, or the spacer leading into the panel. 2) the screw on the outside of the panel that allows for adjustment of how far in the initial position of the actuator thing is.
So, i adjusted the slack on the cable to the point where it gets the most amount of outward motion on the actuator thing so it should be able to push the clutch. Well it doesn't.
I then adjusted the screw on the outside of the panel and it helps, but not enough.
By the methods I've adjusted it, the clutch plates still have too much friction between them. I can move the rear wheel a little, but its not free enough. Or, If I start adjusting the screw on the outside, it causes the clutch plates to separate even when the clutch isn't pulled in. And when I do pull the clutch lever in there seems to be too much friction on the plates still.
I'm hoping someone else has been able to adjust it well enough, and could lend some advice or point me in the right direction. Any and all advice would be very helpful.
Thanks,
-jordan
Correct me if I'm wrong but here's my take on a '73 CB350 clutch actuator thing (is there a technical name for it?). There are basically 2 adjustments for it. 1) adjusting the slack/tension on the cable itself with the spacers on either the lever, or the spacer leading into the panel. 2) the screw on the outside of the panel that allows for adjustment of how far in the initial position of the actuator thing is.
So, i adjusted the slack on the cable to the point where it gets the most amount of outward motion on the actuator thing so it should be able to push the clutch. Well it doesn't.
I then adjusted the screw on the outside of the panel and it helps, but not enough.
By the methods I've adjusted it, the clutch plates still have too much friction between them. I can move the rear wheel a little, but its not free enough. Or, If I start adjusting the screw on the outside, it causes the clutch plates to separate even when the clutch isn't pulled in. And when I do pull the clutch lever in there seems to be too much friction on the plates still.
I'm hoping someone else has been able to adjust it well enough, and could lend some advice or point me in the right direction. Any and all advice would be very helpful.
Thanks,
-jordan