F.A.S.T Clutch Lock Nut/Pancake Bearing Questions...

[Stinger]

I got a rattle under the clutch cover late last year so I parked the Banshee until I had time to mess with it. The rattle seemed to only be at idle in neutral but maybe it's just because the Shee is too loud otherwise. If I remember right, pulling in the clutch lever made it quit. So it's getting warm and time to fix it.

 

Pulled the cover off, at first didn't see anything that looked odd. Then I noticed the nut in the center of the clutch wasn't touching the clutch plate (the front plate that the springs are on). There is nearly a 1/4" gap. In the picture I attached (an old pic of when I installed the clutch a few years ago) you can see on the left the pancake bearing and the nut and threaded section on the end. See how the threads are sticking through the nut a 1/4" or so? Well when I pulled the cover the nut is hanging off the end by about 1.5 threads. The weird thing is the nut is tight on the threads and won't freely spin.

 

So my assumption is I need to loosen the nut, thread it on farther so it touches the clutch plate again, etc.

 

My questions are, am I correct in my assumption? What keeps the nut from backing off? Do you preload the nut against the plate any? How do you know how far to thread it on? Thanks.

[Stinger]

And how do you adjust the setup with a pancake bearing since the bearing allows it to spin with the threaded section, unlike the stock setup that has a nut that you hold to keep it from spinning.

[FASTOYS]

Call me or if you did i will call you back tonight when i start 2nd shift !

[MikeNick]

I put a dot of threadlocker on the nut on my pancake bearing..I thought I read somewhere to do that, but anyways that what I did..No problems yet...Knock on wood..

[Stinger]

Call me or if you did i will call you back tonight when i start 2nd shift !

 

Jeff I called and left a message about 4:35 today. I was hoping to get hold of you because I need a few clutch cover gaskets ASAP as well.