I have two queries relating to my clutch:
Q.1 Why is the friction disc supposed to be the first one to go in the clutch basket, even if the friction material is softer it could pick up grit(I have an open primary) and act like a grinding wheel against the inside surface of the basket, also wouldn't it be rubbing against the screws which hold the housing in place? My VR880 actually has four friction discs and five plain plates and the plain plate is the first one but unfortunately I've just noticed this plate is not securely held by the splines but tends to jam into the slight recess behind the splines so I'm thinking of reverting? to five friction and four plain.
Q.2 The replacement Barnett plates I bought have a ring of twenty friction pads about 3/4 inch wide arranged around the outer circumference, but the ones in the bike have the friction material in four segments a little over an inch wide (hence a greater friction surface). Did I buy the wrong plates or are my original ones now superseded by the multi pad design?
Q.1 Why is the friction disc supposed to be the first one to go in the clutch basket, even if the friction material is softer it could pick up grit(I have an open primary) and act like a grinding wheel against the inside surface of the basket, also wouldn't it be rubbing against the screws which hold the housing in place? My VR880 actually has four friction discs and five plain plates and the plain plate is the first one but unfortunately I've just noticed this plate is not securely held by the splines but tends to jam into the slight recess behind the splines so I'm thinking of reverting? to five friction and four plain.
Q.2 The replacement Barnett plates I bought have a ring of twenty friction pads about 3/4 inch wide arranged around the outer circumference, but the ones in the bike have the friction material in four segments a little over an inch wide (hence a greater friction surface). Did I buy the wrong plates or are my original ones now superseded by the multi pad design?