Clutch adjustment ?

[Agemax]

should the bike be hot?

wont make a difference really.......

[Agemax]

What's confusing , seems steels are hooked to the engine, and clutch plates are hooked to trans, if stuck one could have broken ?

in rare circumstances they can break, usually just stuck together with sticky goo, so even if seperated, they still bind together slightly

[Scaxx]

Okay not to thread jack or anything but I'm having a similar problem with my go kart and the guys over at triumphrat haven't been able to help. I took it for a few runs before my clutch wouldn't catch at all, it was perfectly sticky the run before but once up and down my block and it was completely gone. It's a 1998 t595/955i engine on it and prior to me buying the bike it sat in a shed with very little/no oil in it for a year or two. Could this cause the same thing? Also to stay with the thread I was having the same problem with my 1980 550, I tightened the clutch cable at the bars a little bit and it fixed it for a short time but it's back to slipping quite a bit, I'm using Kendal 10w-40 cause it's what we use at the shop I work at and I can get it for cheap. Should I just stop being a cheap ass and buy different oil or should I try cleaning the plates?

[Agemax]

Okay not to thread jack or anything but I'm having a similar problem with my go kart and the guys over at triumphrat haven't been able to help. I took it for a few runs before my clutch wouldn't catch at all, it was perfectly sticky the run before but once up and down my block and it was completely gone. It's a 1998 t595/955i engine on it and prior to me buying the bike it sat in a shed with very little/no oil in it for a year or two. Could this cause the same thing? Also to stay with the thread I was having the same problem with my 1980 550, I tightened the clutch cable at the bars a little bit and it fixed it for a short time but it's back to slipping quite a bit, I'm using Kendal 10w-40 cause it's what we use at the shop I work at and I can get it for cheap. Should I just stop being a cheap ass and buy different oil or should I try cleaning the plates?

if your clutch is slipping it is more than likely a badly adjusted cable, springs worn out or the plates need replacing.

[Scaxx]

if your clutch is slipping it is more than likely a badly adjusted cable, springs worn out or the plates need replacing.

So I'm guessing plates since the clutch still is pretty tough to pull in but I can have it sitting at idle and with the clutch out in first and the kart not moving?

[Agemax]

So I'm guessing plates since the clutch still is pretty tough to pull in but I can have it sitting at idle and with the clutch out in first and the kart not moving?

is the cable adjusted properly? you should really start a new thread on this rather than taking over the OP's thread..........