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Clutch drag. Different lever perch gs/gsx?

Spiff

Spiff

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I have a gsx1100 engine in my gs750 and it's hard to get it into neutral with engine running. I have checked and adjusted the cable but it's still misbehaving. I have even tightened the cable to the point where the clutch will slip under load but still it's hard to get into neutral. It clanks into 1st and you have to use heavy force to get it out which means it pops into second in stead of neutral :confused:
Feels like it's missing that last bit of pull. So thats why I wonder if it might be because I'm using the gs750 perch and lever in stead of a gsx1100?
 
Sounds like clutch plates are binding. Plates that have done many km sometimes create wear pattens that can make it difficult to select neutral with the engine running. One way to check is to remove the clutch plates, shuffle them around, flip them over and then install them in the correct stacking order for steels and friction plates. Cost nothing to try and it may fix the problem.
 
Shin-Ken 1074 said:
Sounds like clutch plates are binding. Plates that have done many km sometimes create wear pattens that can make it difficult to select neutral with the engine running. One way to check is to remove the clutch plates, shuffle them around, flip them over and then install them in the correct stacking order for steels and friction plates. Cost nothing to try and it may fix the problem.
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Thanks! I'm gonna try that.
 
The possibility of an incorrect clutch lever assembly is real. I've struck it on a racebike which had aftermarket levers and the opposite problem.
Too much lift which made the internal release mechanism go over center. Not a Suzuki I'd point out.
Measuring pivot to cable perch will tell you.
 
GregT said:
The possibility of an incorrect clutch lever assembly is real. I've struck it on a racebike which had aftermarket levers and the opposite problem.
Too much lift which made the internal release mechanism go over center. Not a Suzuki I'd point out.
Measuring pivot to cable perch will tell you.
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I don't have a gsx assembly to measure unfortunately
 
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