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Offline Ethelred

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clutch adjustment
« on: 04.10. 2013 22:08 »
I was having problems with my new SRM clutch, slipping and dragging, so having read various advice on here I bit the bullet and splashed out 20 quid on ebay for a dial gauge complete with magnetic stand (how do they do it?). So I set it up tweaking the the spring pressures 'till it pulled of perfectly evenly. Wow, what a difference! It's light as a feather, no slip, no drag, changes gear so easily and getting neutral at standstill is a doddle.
Thank you'll and I thoroughly commend this methodology.
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #1 on: 05.10. 2013 08:57 »
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(how do they do it?)

It's magic, leave it at that, knowing how it happens used to get people burned at the stake

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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #2 on: 05.10. 2013 11:57 »
Good one Ethelred. Now you know it's not all smoke and mirrors.
Best 20 you'll spend this month, and so many other uses for it.
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #3 on: 05.10. 2013 13:18 »
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knowing how it happens used to get people burned at the stake
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Also had great results with my clutch (old 6 spring) by painstakingly (no dial) adjusting for even lift.
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #4 on: 08.10. 2013 13:24 »
Hi
Any chance you could advise the E'bay number of this piece of equipment.
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #5 on: 08.10. 2013 13:39 »
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #6 on: 08.10. 2013 15:35 »
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #7 on: 08.10. 2013 15:56 »
¬Nice one Ethelred, feel my own "special tool " ie piece of bent coat hanger wire, is now obsolete ,I'll have to invest in this beauty , toolstore isn't that ALDI'S supplier of ironmongery etc Regard's BobH.
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #8 on: 02.11. 2013 21:58 »
Quote from: Ethelred on 04.10. 2013 22:08
I was having problems with my new SRM clutch, slipping and dragging, so having read various advice on here I bit the bullet and splashed out 20 quid on ebay for a dial gauge complete with magnetic stand (how do they do it?). So I set it up tweaking the the spring pressures 'till it pulled of perfectly evenly. Wow, what a difference! It's light as a feather, no slip, no drag, changes gear so easily and getting neutral at standstill is a doddle.
Thank you'll and I thoroughly commend this methodology.

I spent the last 2 or 3 months trying to set up my 6 spring clutch correctly...  *problem*
AFTER reading this post I borrowed a dial gauge ...   *contract*
as you said...  WOW what a difference...   
thanks for posting....   
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #9 on: 16.11. 2013 17:04 »
sounds like a good idea this thing with with magnetic base and dial gauge,but how do you set it up.could someone post a pic .cheers guys
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #10 on: 19.11. 2013 11:42 »
The bottom frame rail is a convenient place for the base. Use the various adjustments on the arms to set the gauge so that it's as near vertical as possible touching the outside edge of the pressure plate such that you can spin the clutch without fouling it.
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #11 on: 19.11. 2013 12:19 »
I think you mean horizontal Ethelred.
Mount it to any steel part, barrels, tool box, footpeg. I use cable ties to secure it.
I use a cable tie to hold the clutch lever in against the hand grip and spin the clutch with the kick start lever. Adjust the springs then work the clutch lever a few times and check again.
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #12 on: 19.11. 2013 18:23 »
Shall we settle on 'at 90 degrees to the pressure plate'

(these Aussie's you know, they see the world upside down... ;) )
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #13 on: 21.11. 2013 19:49 »
cheers guys ,got the idea now....something to do this winter i think.
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Re: clutch adjustment
« Reply #14 on: 19.01. 2014 18:46 »
well,finally got round to trying this method of adjustment.and yes all works ok,changes ok,no slip or drag,but when releasing the clutch lever nothing happens until the last say 10-20% of lever travel?.every thing seems to work ok but i would prefer a little bit more control,as in when i start to release the lever it starts to bite rather then bites near the end of the lever travel.i am sure i had more before i adjusted it although it did seem to drag slightly.
oh,just to mention its got new plates and springs.

1961 sa A7 with 4 spring clutch

it still rides ok but would like to hear any comments,cheers
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