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From: Clint Jensen on 17 May 2010 20:06
Hello,

Shirley: A round on me!!!

I have a 1990 FLHTC. I had recently posted about me loosing all the fluid
in the primary and dorking up the primary chain and shoe. Turned out, it
also overheated the stator and took that out as well.

Anyway, I got a new primary chain, shoe and stator. Then, as luck would
have it, I noticed a few pieces of metal on the bottom of the primary cover
when I took everything apart. Upon closer inspection, the groove in the
clutch pressure plate had broken and a few chips had fallen out.

So, I got another pressure plate and had a local wrench put the new pressure
plate in the clutch.

however, when I put the clutch on (as well as the primary chain and
compensator sprocket), the clutch is not engaged. This is even before I try
to adust the clutch play. It is like the diaphram spring is not even there.
I can put the tranny in gear, and just spin the rear tire. I can feel just a
little bit of resistance, but not much. In neutral, there is a lot less
resistance, so, I know the clutch is grabbing, but just a little bit.

Anybody have any ideas on what to check, before I bring the clutch back to
the local wrench for a re-do?

Thanks,

CJ
==


From: Snag on 17 May 2010 20:09
Clint Jensen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Shirley: A round on me!!!
>
> I have a 1990 FLHTC. I had recently posted about me loosing all the
> fluid in the primary and dorking up the primary chain and shoe. Turned
> out, it also overheated the stator and took that out as well.
>
> Anyway, I got a new primary chain, shoe and stator. Then, as luck
> would have it, I noticed a few pieces of metal on the bottom of the
> primary cover when I took everything apart. Upon closer inspection,
> the groove in the clutch pressure plate had broken and a few chips
> had fallen out.
> So, I got another pressure plate and had a local wrench put the new
> pressure plate in the clutch.
>
> however, when I put the clutch on (as well as the primary chain and
> compensator sprocket), the clutch is not engaged. This is even
> before I try to adust the clutch play. It is like the diaphram
> spring is not even there. I can put the tranny in gear, and just spin
> the rear tire. I can feel just a little bit of resistance, but not
> much. In neutral, there is a lot less resistance, so, I know the
> clutch is grabbing, but just a little bit.
> Anybody have any ideas on what to check, before I bring the clutch
> back to the local wrench for a re-do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> CJ
> ==

I'm bettin' the splines in the pressure plate aren't engaged with the
splines in the clutch basket . Is the spring close to flat , slightly domed
in the center ? If the center is concave in relation to the edge of the
spring this is probably the problem .
Just in there on my bike - and discovered the last guy left mine short one
friction plate .
--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF


From: Phil Boutros on 24 May 2010 15:00
Clint Jensen <diverclint(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
<snip>>
> So, the bagger with turbo is back on the road and leaving those 3.5" black
> marks when I twist the wick.
>
> 100 RWP is good!!!

First, please kindly learn to snip replies (like above, see?).

Second, with that kind of power and a turbo, you may want to
seriously consider upgrading the clutch to something a little beefier,
like a Pro Clutch. At the very leastm you might want to consider
changing to a bit heavier duty spring and getting rid of the crappy
spring plate and instead adding an extra plate. That spring plate is
a grenade just waiting to go off.


Phil
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