Average life expectancy of a clutch
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Average life expectancy of a clutch
Anyone got an idea how many miles a clutch is good for on average ?
I'm at nearly 20 k and mine seems to be "getting" there !
Hoping a nice 15w 40 diesel oil change will give me some more borrowed
time. Have only had the bike from 15k so not sure how it was treated
previously either.
I'm at nearly 20 k and mine seems to be "getting" there !
Hoping a nice 15w 40 diesel oil change will give me some more borrowed
time. Have only had the bike from 15k so not sure how it was treated
previously either.
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Anyone got an idea how many miles a clutch is good for on average ?
I'm at nearly 20 k and mine seems to be "getting" there !
Hoping a nice 15w 40 diesel oil change will give me some more borrowed
time. Have only had the bike from 15k so not sure how it was treated
previously either.
I'm at nearly 20 k and mine seems to be "getting" there !
Hoping a nice 15w 40 diesel oil change will give me some more borrowed
time. Have only had the bike from 15k so not sure how it was treated
previously either.
To be honest - for the price of the clutch and spring set - and the fact that it only takes about 20 mins from start to finish when doing the job - I would just change it before the heat of too much slipping warps the steel plates.
Just make sure you leave the new clutch plates soaking in fresh engine oil overnite before you do the job.
You don't even need to drop the oil to do it.
Blackbird is on 26K and clutch still feels good
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itchy fingers Dean0
hey thanks ....... good measure of where it' s @........she only lets loose on me
when I'm winding her up in 4th.........with my new oil going in tonight I'll
see how she does and if I can grab another k or so out of it as it's not real
bad yet .......only when I give her serious wrist action.
Cheers Man
Blackbird eh ......... nice ..............where's the firing squad ? .......heh heh
hey thanks ....... good measure of where it' s @........she only lets loose on me
when I'm winding her up in 4th.........with my new oil going in tonight I'll
see how she does and if I can grab another k or so out of it as it's not real
bad yet .......only when I give her serious wrist action.
Cheers Man
Blackbird eh ......... nice ..............where's the firing squad ? .......heh heh
Last edited by Sprock; 09-09-2009 at 04:22 PM.
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My CBR1000F was changed at 30K.
To be honest - for the price of the clutch and spring set - and the fact that it only takes about 20 mins from start to finish when doing the job - I would just change it before the heat of too much slipping warps the steel plates.
Just make sure you leave the new clutch plates soaking in fresh engine oil overnite before you do the job.
You don't even need to drop the oil to do it.
Blackbird is on 26K and clutch still feels good
To be honest - for the price of the clutch and spring set - and the fact that it only takes about 20 mins from start to finish when doing the job - I would just change it before the heat of too much slipping warps the steel plates.
Just make sure you leave the new clutch plates soaking in fresh engine oil overnite before you do the job.
You don't even need to drop the oil to do it.
Blackbird is on 26K and clutch still feels good
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She's a nice one Dean0 ............ya heretic
Ya I'm trying to nurse this one through to Novemeber and then lay
her up for a CCT , and now a clutch and a bunch of other "to do"
things on my list...........put some nice fresh 15w 40 DELO 400LE in
her tonight and it seems to have helped a bit ....the old oil looked
thinned out and basically shagged.....om sure that was not helping
a tired clutch very much. I'll watch her though if she keeps on
getting worse I 'll grab a set of EBC clutch plates and a camera !
Although I know there's a good set of pics on here somewhere ?? !
Google Rotella T v's Delo 400................. LOL ..........Diesel Oil Wars !
Ya I'm trying to nurse this one through to Novemeber and then lay
her up for a CCT , and now a clutch and a bunch of other "to do"
things on my list...........put some nice fresh 15w 40 DELO 400LE in
her tonight and it seems to have helped a bit ....the old oil looked
thinned out and basically shagged.....om sure that was not helping
a tired clutch very much. I'll watch her though if she keeps on
getting worse I 'll grab a set of EBC clutch plates and a camera !
Although I know there's a good set of pics on here somewhere ?? !
Google Rotella T v's Delo 400................. LOL ..........Diesel Oil Wars !
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Wow is it really that easy? I'll read the service manual and put that on my project list.
However, it usually takes me 20mins just to find the right socket in my garage...
It's not a hard job at all, though...
Google Rotella T v's Delo 400................. LOL ..........Diesel Oil Wars !
Now if you happened to say that Rotella sucks..... well then I'd have some words for ya!
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