Hi...I just finished adjusting my valves & forgot to put on the little wire clamp that the clutch cable goes thru & is held in place by one of the cam cover bolts. So my clutch cable was sticking out away from the frame, but to make a long story short, I went to move my bike, turning the handle bars & the clutch cable was apparently wrapped around the corner edge of the valve cover & then i heard like a loud snap. At first i thought i broke my clutch cable, but after looking closely it didn't seem to do any thing to it. The cable was intact, the lever was fine, & the clutch still felt good (has pressure when you pull on lever) & the release arm is moving & the pinion shaft going into motor is turning when ya pull the clutch lever in. So i thought everything was ok...Until i tried moving the bike while it was in gear, with the clutch pulled in. It's the same as if you had it in gear & tried to move bike without pulling in the clutch, it doesn't move, it makes no difference weather the clutch is pulled in or not. I haven't even started it yet, still have tank off & other things off (just finished doing valves) But i'm wondering what I may have broke inside the clutch area? You would think it would have broke the cable or even the adjuster tabs on motor or lever, but all those things are fine. I guess I'm gonna have to pull off the clutch cover & have a look, but was hoping maybe some of you could give me an idea as to what might have broke in there, so i have some idea of what I'm getting into beforehand. Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give me.
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Clutch problem after cable got hung up...
- Thread starter JT2Fast4u
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Did you actually pull the clutch cable out of its sheath to look it over? Sounds like to me it's busted
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If the cable was broken, I don't think he would be observing this:
The mechanism is quite different than on your 550, you can actually see that arm move. On your 550, it's all internal, you have to take things apart to see it.
Thanks for all the replies. I've been sick the last couple of days, so I haven't got everything put back together. But I think i will wait & see what it's like once i get it started. I don't ever remember trying to move the bike while it was in gear with the motor off, but i know i have moved it while in gear with the motor running. I'll just have to wait & see but it sure sounded like something broke. lol Thanks again for the replies, I appreciate it very much.
