Clutch Problem

[tbyrd15]

While riding the other day, the clutch lever suddenly had alot of play in it while shifting into 2nd gear, so i figured "broke cable". But i slowed down it was like the clutch was still engaged. While the motor is running i can still shift through all of the gears smoothly, just not shift into gear.

Has this ever happen to anyone else and what do i need to do. Do need a new clutch or could something be stuck????

[2Smoker]

This happened to me before (sort of). I had the clutch apart and put a new shift assembly in, and when I tightened that nut that adjusts the clutch (there's a nut and then a phillips screw in the middle of the nut) I didn't tighten it enough. Anyways it fell off along with a washer and something else, it ended up at the top of the bastet theres a little spot where heavy shit goes. I'd drain the oil, and pull the cover off and see if your plunger is working properly, probably something silly.

[racer]

one time i didnt have the cable into the pull arm on top of the case correctly and it came off. then lever went limp and had no clutch action. so look around where the cable meets the arm just below the left carb.

[nater006]

I did about the same thing as 2Smoker... put mine back together and didn't torque that darn nut down, and after about a dozen clutch pulls... boom.. there was nothing there. Just lever play. Darn thing had worked itself loose. Re-torqued and it was fixed right up.

[tbyrd15]

Thanks for all the help. I will take the clutch out this weekend and see if it is a loose nut or something silly like that,....but what if it is not a loose nut????? Then what could it be. Do I need to just go ahead a buy a new new for it?

[nater006]

It might just be the cable that therail mentioned above. Before buying mine I helped a friend reassemble his after painting the frame, like 5 years ago, and it did exactly that because we forgot to tighten down the lil bracket that holds the cable in place. Its right under the carbs..

 

It'll likely be one or the other if the clutch lever just currently has no resistance at all.

[98TEAM ALBA]

I had the same thing happen to me on a 87 banshee a few years ago and it was the clutch basket exploded. I broke of the clutch fingers

[fixitrod]

I also had the adjuster screw and nut come off at roostfest.

[Ingemi13]

if it is not whatt they told u about the losse nut and that dont work try a new cable. somethign of what u said happened to me i got a new cable and it stop the messing up n if that dont work then u have an extra cable if ur other brakes...