I went out for a little pootle about on my Commando yesterday in the sun and had the embarrassment of having to be recovered on a truck.....
The clutch nut had almost completely undone itself. As per another threads it seems the tab washer is too soft and had been battered thin
allowing the nut to come lose. On closer inspection it would seem the clutch nut is a reduced hax nut with very little contact with the clutch centre.
See photos in the cracked clutch thread below. The available face on he nut is very narrow ring little more than 1/8 wide and the clutch has a hole
larger than the face are of the nut. Why is a reduced hex nut used? it looks like a full size one could fit?
Has anybody changed to a full size hex 5/8" x 20 TPI nut?
The clutch nut had almost completely undone itself. As per another threads it seems the tab washer is too soft and had been battered thin
allowing the nut to come lose. On closer inspection it would seem the clutch nut is a reduced hax nut with very little contact with the clutch centre.
See photos in the cracked clutch thread below. The available face on he nut is very narrow ring little more than 1/8 wide and the clutch has a hole
larger than the face are of the nut. Why is a reduced hex nut used? it looks like a full size one could fit?
Has anybody changed to a full size hex 5/8" x 20 TPI nut?