Dmitriy
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So a buddy calls me up and asks for help with his 2016 Ninja 650 Clutch... (Which has been replaced within a year already) it is slipping really bad and he can't even get on the throttle in any gear.
He says he has done some wheelie practice...
The adjuster is all the way in on the cable - the perch and midway down spot too (so the cable is as loose as it can be) yet there is a reasonable amount of tension felt as I take off the cable from its pivot on the clutch cover.
Disks looks mostly fine but definitely overheated steels. Order a new EBC clutch which turns into a fiasco because their catalog is plain WRONG. (The 2017+ model uses a smaller clutch basket and only 3 springs where as the 2009 - 2016 uses 5 springs and a larger clutch. Had to go over to the OEM parts fiche and locate what other bike / year uses the same clutch (ER6N / Versys of similar years) 3 Clutch kits later I have the right size disks.) Put that together and the pivot lever is still too far out.... Start looking....
The Aluminum clutch carrier and pressure plate were shaved down SEVERAL mm which compressed the whole clutch enough to cause the push (pull) rod to be much more receded into the clutch basket thus rotating the Pivot lever enough to keep the clutch open a bit the whole time (shaving the carrier and pressure plate even more until it couldn't anymore). eBay complete clutch later the buddy is riding his bike.
Moral of the story - watch those cable clutch adjustments, the lever needs to have free play / slack at all times
He says he has done some wheelie practice...
The adjuster is all the way in on the cable - the perch and midway down spot too (so the cable is as loose as it can be) yet there is a reasonable amount of tension felt as I take off the cable from its pivot on the clutch cover.
Disks looks mostly fine but definitely overheated steels. Order a new EBC clutch which turns into a fiasco because their catalog is plain WRONG. (The 2017+ model uses a smaller clutch basket and only 3 springs where as the 2009 - 2016 uses 5 springs and a larger clutch. Had to go over to the OEM parts fiche and locate what other bike / year uses the same clutch (ER6N / Versys of similar years) 3 Clutch kits later I have the right size disks.) Put that together and the pivot lever is still too far out.... Start looking....
The Aluminum clutch carrier and pressure plate were shaved down SEVERAL mm which compressed the whole clutch enough to cause the push (pull) rod to be much more receded into the clutch basket thus rotating the Pivot lever enough to keep the clutch open a bit the whole time (shaving the carrier and pressure plate even more until it couldn't anymore). eBay complete clutch later the buddy is riding his bike.
Moral of the story - watch those cable clutch adjustments, the lever needs to have free play / slack at all times
