Monday, March 13, 2017

Run Ivy Run: Clutch Adjustments, Odd Jobs

Attacked the clutch issue with a clear head and no rush to ride.

Decided to measure how much the clutch adjust affected the travel at the engine.

  • At rest, the clutch arm is 41mm from the holder.
  • With adjuster fully in (as close to switch as possible), travel = 35mm
  • With adjuster 5mm from switch, travel = 32mm
The problem is that even at full in, there's zero slack, so I can't prove that the arm is completely disengaged.  But I didn't feel like removing the clutch cable to find out.

But with a fully charged battery (#2 batt @ 6.43V), decided to run the test.

With adjusters FULL IN, she held a clean idle and didn't feel any clutch slippage in 1st.  Will need to do a few shakedown laps to set this as baseline.

Odd jobs:
  • adjusted clutch 
  • re-routed the brake light wire through the ignition hole (and was able to run the brake switch cable up through the battery door)
  • changed the angle on the shift pedal (and felt much better)
  • tightened up the rear brake (and felt much better)
  • tightened up the brake switch to match
  • new 8mm bolt and spring washer on the exhaust!





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