Hi guys,
I have a 78 CB550K, it was riding fine but leaking oil from the clutch cover so I removed the cover to replace the gasket.
Being new to the bike and still learning i undid the locknut and played with the adjuster screw for the clutch before i removed the cover, thinking it was attached to the bike some how.
Anyway, replaced the gasket and put the cover back on, adjusted the screw as-per what ive read online on how to adjust them. People keep saying to turn the screw CLOCKWISE to move the pivot/closer to the pin in the centre on the clutch. However on mine at least, you screw the adjuster C-CLOCKWISE (left), to wind the lower part of the pivot outwards and towards the engagement with the pin in the centre of the clutch.
Anyway, with the cable disconnected, i adjusted the screw c-clockwise until it went solid (pivot hard up against the centre pin), then backed it off a touch. The notches on the outside of the case roughly line up. With the cable connected, the clutch lever is so hard to pull now, and when you pull it in something gives underneath the clutch cover and the arm goes completely slack.
Turns out the lobe which lifts the top end of the pivot is jumping out from behind:
Why is this happening?! The only reason i can think is the clutch is somehow siezed now? Meaning theres no give in the clutch so the pivot doesnt move and the lobe hops out from behind it?
This is so frustrating, all i did was change the gasket, and tweak the adjuster screw and now this. I dont think/i cant see how im adjusting it incorrectly? The screw on the bottom on the clutch cover literally moves the pivot closer to the pin to disengage the clutch ?
Any help would be really good, its doing my head in now.
