Clutch cable adjustmentioned help?!?

[millemille]

Originally Posted by tojo82

I have adjusted it according to the clutch mantra

Humour me and post a picture of the actuator as it is now then....

It's night time now. When you say the actuator what part are you referring to. I have the screw so it just touched then I backed off 1/8th of a turn. The arm that the clutch cable attaches to is at its furthest lowest point. What else can I adjust?

[millemille]

Originally Posted by tojo82

The arm that the clutch cable attaches to is at its furthest lowest point.

I'm guessing, and if I'm wrong please forgive me, that English isn't your first langauge? I fear that something is maybe getting lost in translation....

If what you've said above is correct then you've not set the actuator up correctly - the actuator arm is set up correctly when the angle between the cable and arm centre line is 80 degrees.

That's why I'm asking if you can post a picture; as they say, a picture paints a 1,000 words....

Edit to add: for clarity the part being referred to as the actuator is officially called "clutch release screw assembly"

English is my first language and can i ask why are you being so rude. I can post a picture when it is not dark but I can assure you I have followed the points numerous times to try and fix my problem and the arm is in the correct place

It is in the same position as this as per the manual

[millemille]

Originally Posted by tojo82

It is in the same position as this as per the manual

Which is what you've been saying all along, even when you posted a photograph that quite clearly showed it wasn't, as was pointed out to you by several people earlier in the thread. So it's not unreasonable to ask you to post a picture - particularly as your most recent description of how you've set it up is still incorrect...

It's up to you whether you buy a new actuator or not, no skin off my nose.

It's also not an unreasonable suggestion, for which I already apologised in advance if it was incorrect, that English wasn't your first langauge given some of the slightly eccentric choice of words in your posts. No offence was intended, not should be taken.

I think the picture angle on page 1 makes it look like it isn't in place. I can take a picture tomorrow straight on. If it is at too high an angle as you state how can I make it lower? The only way that seems possible is to take off the whole bit, unwind the arm from the worm drive then put it back a bit. That makes the arm way off? I'm sorry I'm being a nugget and do appreciate that you are trying to drum into me that I have it wrong but I don't know how to adjust it to make it right?

[millemille]

Ok, I've just nipped out to the workshop and taken some pictures of an SV650 with a brand new actuator, cable and clutch pack.

This is the actuator arm in the lowest position it can get to with the cable fully backed off and slack...



...so does your arm go as low as this?

This is the actuator set up correctly, as measured with a pertractor, with the angle between the arm and cable at 80 degrees....



As you can see there's not a massive amount of difference - it was only 4 or 5 turns on the cable adjuster to get the arm to the correct angle. Whether your actuator is worn or not is irrelevant to this part of the set up.

Does this help at all?

Okay so they do look similar. If I turn the screw in the middle does that move that arm down then? I adjusted the screw so that when I saw the arm move slightly I stopped and then backed off 1/8th of a turn. Are you saying I should continue to turn the screw in a few more turns than I am currently doing? I appreciate your continued help and will experiment tomorrow in daylight and post some pictures. Thank you

[millemille]

Originally Posted by tojo82

Okay so they do look similar. If I turn the screw in the middle does that move that arm down then? I adjusted the screw so that when I saw the arm move slightly I stopped and then backed off 1/8th of a turn. Are you saying I should continue to turn the screw in a few more turns than I am currently doing? I appreciate your continued help and will experiment tomorrow in daylight and post some pictures. Thank you

The screw in the middle should be wound out and not in contact with the clutch push rod whilst you are setting the arm angle.

Once you've got the arm angle set correctly then you wind the adjuster screw in until it goes solid - the actuator may "settle" slightly as the slack in the mechanism is taken out - and then back off the adjuster screw 1/8th of a turn and do up the lock nut.