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08 FJR R&R Clutch Plate Soak
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<blockquote data-quote="OK Red" data-source="post: 562745" data-attributes="member: 1040"><p>Picked up my bike last September and thought that it shifted like a box of rocks - very out of character for an otherwise refined machine. Figured it would get better with some wear, but a month later I was having some of the classic 'dry clutch' symptoms (violently lurching when shifting from neutral to 1st, clutch never really felt totally disengaged with lever in, etc). I read up on the issue in this forum, and actually bought the clutch cover gasket when I purchased the oil filters and crush gaskets for oil change #1.</p><p></p><p>However, on the advice of one of my gear head friends, I ty-wrapped the clutch lever to the handgrip so that the clutch plates were separated, and ran the bike for 15-20 minutes on multiple occaisions over the long, snowy ohio winter. The idea was to soak the plates in situ. After each run I would remove the ty-wrap, put the bike in gear, move it a foot and redo the ty-wrap to get another part of the clutch plates in the oil. This helped significantly but did not alleviate all the issues.</p><p></p><p>I just changed over to Rotella synthetic, filled the resevior to the high end of the band, and ran the bike on the centerstand (previous runs on sidestand) with the clutch engaged for 15-20 minutes. This appears to have made a huge difference. The shifting is now much smoother and the neutral to 1st lurch is not really a lurch and is only noticeable when the bike is cold - when warm, just a snick-click.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OK Red, post: 562745, member: 1040"] Picked up my bike last September and thought that it shifted like a box of rocks - very out of character for an otherwise refined machine. Figured it would get better with some wear, but a month later I was having some of the classic 'dry clutch' symptoms (violently lurching when shifting from neutral to 1st, clutch never really felt totally disengaged with lever in, etc). I read up on the issue in this forum, and actually bought the clutch cover gasket when I purchased the oil filters and crush gaskets for oil change #1. However, on the advice of one of my gear head friends, I ty-wrapped the clutch lever to the handgrip so that the clutch plates were separated, and ran the bike for 15-20 minutes on multiple occaisions over the long, snowy ohio winter. The idea was to soak the plates in situ. After each run I would remove the ty-wrap, put the bike in gear, move it a foot and redo the ty-wrap to get another part of the clutch plates in the oil. This helped significantly but did not alleviate all the issues. I just changed over to Rotella synthetic, filled the resevior to the high end of the band, and ran the bike on the centerstand (previous runs on sidestand) with the clutch engaged for 15-20 minutes. This appears to have made a huge difference. The shifting is now much smoother and the neutral to 1st lurch is not really a lurch and is only noticeable when the bike is cold - when warm, just a snick-click. [/QUOTE]
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