Edfury828
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I started my MK III the other day, after installing new CNW EZ Clutch kit, pushrod seal nut, clutch center hub, stepped washer, circlip, aliexpress sprag, and new plungers with springs and white nylon pieces for hydraulic chain tensioner.
The result was a horrible squeeling sound that went along with engine rpm.
I opened the primary back up and it all looked fine, of course. I wondered about the sprag, but it really should be fine, so I re-adjusted the clutch, this time as the Workshop Manual instructs. This left about 1-1/2" of threads exposed on the adjuster at the hand pull lever. I thought that was odd, as it contradicted the examples of properly adjusted cables that I've seen on this forum. The pull felt fine to me.
Next, I decided to test the kicker to see what it did. I don't entirely understand how things work in the transmission, but I think this may be an indication of a problem.
With the bike on the center stand, some weight is on rear tire, first with clutch pulled in, the only way the kicker would move is if the tire is allowed to rotate. Each movement of the tire allowed a corresponding movement of the kicker.
I found this suspicious, as well as the results of cable adjustment, so I took all of the clutch disc's out. I removed them and put them on the floor leaving no clutch whatsoever in the bike. Even after this, the kicker continued doing the same thing. It would only move if the rear wheel were allowed to rotate with it.
Again, I am not knowledgeable on how things are supposed to work with that. Maybe it's normal? Could it be that this is an indication as to the horrible shrieking sound when the engine is running? During that time the trans was in gear, I could not find nuetral, the transmission would only do one click at the shifter, so I had the clutch pulled in.
I only ran it briefly a couple of times trying to grasp what the F was going on!
Does any of this sound familiar?
The result was a horrible squeeling sound that went along with engine rpm.
I opened the primary back up and it all looked fine, of course. I wondered about the sprag, but it really should be fine, so I re-adjusted the clutch, this time as the Workshop Manual instructs. This left about 1-1/2" of threads exposed on the adjuster at the hand pull lever. I thought that was odd, as it contradicted the examples of properly adjusted cables that I've seen on this forum. The pull felt fine to me.
Next, I decided to test the kicker to see what it did. I don't entirely understand how things work in the transmission, but I think this may be an indication of a problem.
With the bike on the center stand, some weight is on rear tire, first with clutch pulled in, the only way the kicker would move is if the tire is allowed to rotate. Each movement of the tire allowed a corresponding movement of the kicker.
I found this suspicious, as well as the results of cable adjustment, so I took all of the clutch disc's out. I removed them and put them on the floor leaving no clutch whatsoever in the bike. Even after this, the kicker continued doing the same thing. It would only move if the rear wheel were allowed to rotate with it.
Again, I am not knowledgeable on how things are supposed to work with that. Maybe it's normal? Could it be that this is an indication as to the horrible shrieking sound when the engine is running? During that time the trans was in gear, I could not find nuetral, the transmission would only do one click at the shifter, so I had the clutch pulled in.
I only ran it briefly a couple of times trying to grasp what the F was going on!
Does any of this sound familiar?