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Clutch not disengaging completely after rear tire change.

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On my 1981 gs650g the clutch will not completely disengage. If i start it in first with the clutch in it will lurch and stall. It will start in neutral but if i shift to first it stalls even with the clutch in. I noticed that after putting the rear wheel back on there was a slight gap in between the shaft and the wheel, and am wondering if that may be part of the problem. Thanks so much!
 

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Can you roll it in neutral? Did the bike move before changing the tire or had it sat for a long time? Just asking as if it sat for a long time the clutch plates may be stuck together. They can be broken loose by raising the rpms up to 2 or 3K in neutral then popping it in first. Yamaha's seem to be prone to this for some reason. We've had an FZ6, YZF450 and a VStar 650 all have this problem.
 
I can roll it in neutral, and the bike drove fine before the tire change. I'll try popping it into gear though. I can also somewhat roll it in first with the clutch in it there is a lot of resistance.
 
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The clutch lever arm is likely in wrong spot. See attached pic.. note angle of arm. In this spot,you need a maximum of image.jpg bout 1/4 inch of travel before you feel resistance- any more and clutch cable won't have enough travel to release plates.
 
thevoidfox said:
I can roll it in neutral, and the bike drove fine before the tire change. I'll try popping it into gear though. I can also somewhat roll it in first with the clutch in it there is a lot of resistance.
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That resistance is probably the engine trying to turn along with it. Has it been sitting?
 
tom203 said:
The clutch lever arm is likely in wrong spot. See attached pic.. note angle of arm. In this spot,you need a maximum of View attachment 52109 bout 1/4 inch of travel before you feel resistance- any more and clutch cable won't have enough travel to release plates.
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Why would that have been effected by a tire change?
 
I got home and started it up, and it just worked, there was a little slack in the clutch cable so I adjusted that and now it's running perfectly.
 
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