Topic: clutch basket adjustment.

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My son did a motor rebuild on my 71 CB 750 and the clymer book said torque the clutch basket bolts to 7 lbs which he did and we ran it to night and it slips. The free play is fine. But he did say that after he torqued it to the 7 lbs that it seemed to loose. Does any one have a diff torque setting or is there a diff way?
Thanks.

[justjosh]

    My uncle was a tech for a local honda m/c dealer for about 20 yrs and i have his shop manuals from when he was there. In the clutch section it says torque value 7lbs and under that he hand wrote "re-torque to 12 to 14lbs" You might try that but you definatly dont want to over tighten cuz that will open a whole nother can-o-worms and you might check your plate's to make shure there in correctly
Hope this helps

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Thanks for the info. He had made them tighter but then you cant pull the clutch. On a dirt bike you just tighten it all tight and the springs set the tention for you. This threw us of a bit. We will try the 12-14 lb and let you know.