having clutch trouble again.

[bazza3004]

ok I was either getting clutch drag or clutch slip ( at high rpm / speed ) and couldn't get a happy medium. I put in a set of bgm plates and MB uprated springs and this seemed to sort it for a while but started slipping again when warm if I hammered it. Ive also got some of the thinner 1mm steels and a thinner top plate. If I use a couple of the thinner steels and thinner top plate I reckon I can get another plate in there (5) and still have the required amount of free play when compressed but I would need to bend the ears of the top plate so as they sit in the slots of the crown wheel. Would it be ok to do this ?
thanks , Baz.

ps I don't have a lot of cash at the minute so im trying to sort it without splashing out on cassette type clutch or similar , I have a gt 190 kit that has had some work done on it , 30 mm delly an franspeed race pipe so would have thought a uprated 4 plate set up would be up to the job.

[soulsurfer]

Forget the cassette clutch, you already have all you need. If you use a clutch compressor, tighten it down and measure the gap between the top plates with feeler gauges, if you've already done this, what the measurement?

[stokky]

at work, so might not have details exact, but......

normal clutch is
4 x plates at 3.5mm each = 14mm
3 x steels at 1.5mm each = 4.5
1 x top plate at 3mm = 3mm

Total 21.5mm

So within your existing clutch basket, this is what you would be aiming for as a total (21.5mm).

You can get 5 plates in, but ony if you go for the thinner 2.5mm clutchplates and thinner steels

Oh and remember its not precise, even when done correct measurements sometimes have to swap a steel or too.

You can mix and match !!

Good luck

[bazza3004]

ok thank you, I will have a play with it. thanks,baz.