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I just got my plates and and was gonna install the clutch. Is it OK to pour oil over the clutch assy after getting it all together,or do you really need to soak them? And for how long?
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Soak them, for a couple hours.
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1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
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You really need to soak them like the directions
 tell you or they can get damaged.

They used to be put in dry, but they did not get covered with
oil evenly for a long time and it caused clutch chattering.

Some sides of some plates were still dry.
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New question. Disregard the soaking for now. Ill explain later. Put the clutch back in it wont disengage.  Very hard to shift gears and I'm almost out of adjustment at the set screw. I even removed the washer for more adjustment.  What's up?
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This is driving me nuts.
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You did something wrong. Now if you had used one of the two clutches I recomended
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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OK. I see the problem. But don't know how to cure it. The clutch hub is going in too far and dragging on the tranny input shaft. I don't recall having a thrust washer. Why is it going too far? Guess I'm not racing the bike tomorrow after all :(. Oh yeah, I am reusing my original clutch but I replaced the faulty outer cork with a Barnett.  Ebc springs
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Crap. Karma bit my a$$ tonight. I was all stoked to get my bike back together and decided to work on it tonight rather than take Crys out,as I promised I would.  The clutch problem is I left out a spacing washer,the NEW problem is I have no idea where that piece is. I know Crys is at home sticking pins in her CB750 voo-doo doll just to cause me problems...


Bottom of the page has the answer to my stoopid self inflicted problem

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=109380.50
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no comment, lol
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haha    thank you. thats the nicest thing said to me today lol
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