recurring but not constant

[MILO]

i recently replaced my clutch with a hinson basket, new stock hub and pressure plate and tusk kit with all 6 hd springs. it worked great for a few weeks, then started acting up. sometimes like when i ride around the yard, i can go for an hour or whatever and it works fine, but when i hit the trails and ride hard, after a while it starts to bind up. meaning i can't hardly pull the lever in and when i shift it slips sometimes. even after in the gear it slips when i hammer on it sometimes like it's just not grabbing enough. weird though cuz later i can take off around the yard and it's fine again, like it just gets too hot or something when hard at it on the trails. twice i've readjusted it, and now again with the perch adjuster loosened up, the arm is beyond the arrow on the crankcase, and there is no play whatsoever. i can't even pull it back to the outer side of the arrow. shouldn't it be free to push by hand and when the resistance starts the arrows are lined up?? it doesn't seem to be releasing properly. last time i had it apart, the rod and ball were fine, and everything else looked fine. and i do change the oil frequently. is this clutch kit junk already or what's going on here, i'm getting tired of having clutch problems everytime i ride hard.

[wayfst]

isn't there someone else on this board having trouble with tusk clutches? i'm starting to think that tusk sucks.

[MILO]

isn't there someone else on this board having trouble with tusk clutches? i'm starting to think that tusk sucks.

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scratch that!! i figured out what's wrong with mine. the push lever bearing is shot. when i pulled the lever out half of the bearings ended up in the bottom of the hole, the rest look like shit and inner race is all messed up. there were little shavings all through the bottom. i used a magnet to pull the push rod and ball, then ran it back in and pulled out a bunch of little shavings and gritty shit. i definitely need to replace the bearing and seal, maybe even the push lever since it is scored some. i'm just happy to get it figured out the clutch itself, rod and ball seem fine still. as far as i know that's all there is to it.

 

my question now is how the hell do you get that bearing out of there without messing up the crankcase at all. clymers sais to use a pilot bearing puller. don't have one of those, that's for sure. any ideas??