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I have a 1984 FXEF and it runs and drives fine, when stopped I can feel slight clutch drag when in gear. It is very hard to change gears and impossible when stopped and want to upshift from 1-st to neutral, it feels as the shifter froze. When I turn off the motor I can upshift to neutral just fine. Seems as clutch problem but would like to get some advice.
So far I have changed the plates for new ones and cleaned the old discs, it did not help at all, I have pulled plates and discs from another working shovel just to find out this did not do anything at all as well. Same problem, clutch pulls when in gear, the pull is not steady but kind of jerking forward and can not shift from 1-st to neutral unless I turn off the engine or am slightly rolling then I can change gears but not always easily.
I did all the adjustments according to HD manual. 1 1/32 distance between the springs, 13/16 distance between the arm and tranny top (I used the spark plug on the rubber hose for proper spacing on this.
I have noticed indeed that one side of the clutch does look like is moving out slower but I tough it was an optical illusion. Someone advised to use screws to even that out I will try it.
In addition my buddy has suggested that I should run oil in the primary as it looks to be wet clutch plates.
Here is something I never understood. The bike has oil pump circuit active between the primary and whenever I open it there is some oil inside but not as much that it bathes the clutch basket. My understanding is that the oil is circulating and only serves the purpose of oiling the primary chain. I saw some shovs having lotsa oil and some having just a bit. The clutch plates are solid, gray and red (the other set of new plates that I have) material.
Should I add engine oil to the primary so it covers the clutch or not???? How dry plates differ from the wet ones??
So far I have changed the plates for new ones and cleaned the old discs, it did not help at all, I have pulled plates and discs from another working shovel just to find out this did not do anything at all as well. Same problem, clutch pulls when in gear, the pull is not steady but kind of jerking forward and can not shift from 1-st to neutral unless I turn off the engine or am slightly rolling then I can change gears but not always easily.
I did all the adjustments according to HD manual. 1 1/32 distance between the springs, 13/16 distance between the arm and tranny top (I used the spark plug on the rubber hose for proper spacing on this.
I have noticed indeed that one side of the clutch does look like is moving out slower but I tough it was an optical illusion. Someone advised to use screws to even that out I will try it.
In addition my buddy has suggested that I should run oil in the primary as it looks to be wet clutch plates.
Here is something I never understood. The bike has oil pump circuit active between the primary and whenever I open it there is some oil inside but not as much that it bathes the clutch basket. My understanding is that the oil is circulating and only serves the purpose of oiling the primary chain. I saw some shovs having lotsa oil and some having just a bit. The clutch plates are solid, gray and red (the other set of new plates that I have) material.
Should I add engine oil to the primary so it covers the clutch or not???? How dry plates differ from the wet ones??
