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i had my bike on a paddock stand today doin bits n bobs and found when i started it in gear the clutch didnt stop the back wheel turning and cant be stopped with my boot either. I played around with all the adjusters and now is a bugger to find neutral and clunks goin into first or second from neutral. Can a start setting it up from scratch again ?? any help :confused:

Re: clutch prob !!

Might be worth taking the front sprocket cover off and monkeying around with the clutch release do-dads that lurk within.

Re: clutch prob !!

Yep, I agree.

I was about to link you to the service manual downloads, but they're gone.
So here's the relevant page in case you don't have it.

This is a pointy, but iirc only the sprocket cover is a little different?

Re: clutch prob !!

There's nothing wrong with your clutch - well, there wasn't but now you've buggered the adjustment.

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Originally Posted by Me

The various parts of the clutch when not engaged are not actually physically separated, particularly when cold the oil will be thick enough to allow the powered parts of the clutch to drag the other bits along with them. It's not a problem, and in fact demonstrates that your rear brake isn't dragging and that your chain is running freely too.

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Originally Posted by Me, Several Times Now

Slacken off cable adjusters at top and bottom, loosen lifter locknut, back out screw a bit, ensure that lifter arm is as far down as it will go, gently turn screw in until it contacts pushrod, back it out a bit, (~1/8th of a turn), then nip up the locknut, roughly adjust cable with lower adjuster - not too tight - then with top adjuster ensure that there remains a little slack all the way from lock to lock.

Re: clutch prob !!

Grease the pushrod mechanism while you're in there.

Re: clutch prob !!

cheers peeps its all good now :)