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Offline bozo4onion

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Best clutch parts?
« on: August 21, 2007, 06:25:55 AM »
Help. Replacing the worn clutch in my 550F and need to know where to get the best parts at a reasonable price. Will springs and friction discs do the job? The plates look good.
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Offline Bodi

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Re: Best clutch parts?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2007, 07:16:32 AM »
I would use Honda parts. They tended to use the same plates and disks on several models and they should still be available. If the plates look good, just take the glaze off with 600 wet/dry paper and re-use them. Install the friction discs with the gaps aligned, if the gaps are angled they should angle away from the direction of rotation when installed to help lead oil away. Soak them in oil overnight before installing.
Avoid Barnett friction discs. They are OK for a drag race bike but painful for street use. They wear quickly, adding fibrous crap to your engine oil. They also stick together when sitting, near impossible to break free when you ride again... you can avoid flying forward when you first shift into gear in the morning but you will definitely take a while to adapt and even then still forget occasionally.
Stock Honda springs should be goos, use Barnett springs if you have a hotrod engine and have slippgae - but with standard platess.

Offline bozo4onion

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Re: Best clutch parts?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2007, 09:36:11 AM »
Thanks Bodi. Exactly what I wanted to hear. I guess clutch issues are boring. The response to my clutch probs. have been most underwhelming. My first sohc. BTW best prices so far @ hondaparts-direct.com so far.

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Re: Best clutch parts?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2007, 12:39:57 PM »
I've spent a small fortune on clutches for my bikes. I've found in every case that I had - the factory did a great job of matching components that "work". The exception being the clutch springs. If you are going to abuse the cluth or increase the output - aftermarket springs with factory components do it for me. Aftermarket fibers often cause sticky shifting and I've foud them to slip under power just as badly as the stock ones when the output is raised. While cheap fibers can be had at $5 each -usually half of what the stockers go for- to me they are no bargain.

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Offline angeldeville

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Re: Best clutch parts?
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2007, 05:48:23 PM »
and stay away from the CRAP Barnett is producing, not worth the $$$, or the headaches....
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Offline ron.cieri.313

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Re: Best clutch parts?
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2009, 02:58:29 PM »
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