Topic: Clutch spring question.

[Mule Train]

Are clutch springs interchangeable between models and years. A guy on ebay told me that honda cb750 clutch springs will work for my 72 cb500. Is he right? just wanted to check with you guys first. thanks

[bryanj]

NORMALLY if its the same part Honda use the same part number, they may fit but be higher, or lower, tension

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Be careful about that. I got a new set and ended up breaking the clutch lifter plate. You'd thought I'd learned the first time too!! I was being very careful on the second replacement even using the torque wrench but one of the "ears" snapped on it too. Moral of the story - don't let kids from your Honda shop that are younger than your bike look up parts without you having a damn good idea of what they are doing. They might get a little offensive but too bad. I decided I should put new springs in and I apparently received the wrong springs which were slightly longer. Second moral - don't assume that because they are slightly longer the old springs had worn out a little because that kid knows what he is doing. My 31 year old springs are now still working just fine again. Get a parts list for your bike and take it with you when you go to the shop. Know your parts numbers.

[crazypj]

usually tabs break off because your tightening springs uneven. even if they are longer they will 'coil bind' before you get any brakage. tighten each bolt just a little so plate goes down 'square'
PJ

[HondaMan]

Moral of the story - don't let kids from your Honda shop that are younger than your bike look up parts without you having a damn good idea of what they are doing. They might get a little offensive but too bad.

Amen. I have found FAR too many "kids" (that means under 40) who are such a freakin' hurry to do whatever they're doing at this moment that they are not interested in finding the right part, product, order you placed, or anything else (and in Engineering, these "kids" are killing people now).

Don't let their "entitled to respect" attitude throw you, either. Stick to the truth, and to what you know SHOULD be right. Fight for the right item - whatever it is. When I go to Honda shops, I inevitably meet this "kid", or his sister. Invariably, I get the wrong part(s). Then I whip out the original Honda shop manual and ask them if they've ever seen one of these, followed by giving them a tour of the publication date, followed by reminding them that I was racing these bikes before they were a gleam in their daddy's eye...that usually slows 'em down a bit.   

[chung]

DG clutches or Barnett sell new spring kits for bout $20. Don't bother with risking some used weakassed springs. The new stock ones sucked for that matter. If you were hard on the bike, the new ones sometimes failed to hold at well under 20k miles. Go for the good #$%* when you can.