Matt15
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- Joined
- Oct 29, 2023
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- Rocket 3
Hi Folks
Approximately 6 months ago i parked up my 2006 Rocket 3 in the garage to do couple of things to it including painting the tank and fenders and also changing the handle bars. Long story short, after changing out the handles bars I realised I needed a different length clutch cable. So I purchased a clutch able and installed it. I followed advice from these forums and made sure I had clocked the clutch arm correctly with the dots lining up, also ensured i had free play in the clutch lever. So after I'd installed the clutch cable and bars I started the bike up, pulled the clutch in, and realised that the clutch was not engaging. I'd put it in first gear and it would stall. I checked the kick stand and ensured it was up. But it definately felt like the bike stalled from no engine load and not an electrical stall.
So I thought it might have been the clutch pin that sits in the basket as I Read many times. I pulled the clutch cover and discovered that the pin and the clutch cover shaft appear ok.
I'm stumped as to what the issue is? One thing I noticed is that the clutch pin in the clutch basket seems to have in and out free play. Approx 6mm. Is this normal?
Also there was zero issues with clutch functionality and zero clutch issues in general before parking the bike up.
Approximately 6 months ago i parked up my 2006 Rocket 3 in the garage to do couple of things to it including painting the tank and fenders and also changing the handle bars. Long story short, after changing out the handles bars I realised I needed a different length clutch cable. So I purchased a clutch able and installed it. I followed advice from these forums and made sure I had clocked the clutch arm correctly with the dots lining up, also ensured i had free play in the clutch lever. So after I'd installed the clutch cable and bars I started the bike up, pulled the clutch in, and realised that the clutch was not engaging. I'd put it in first gear and it would stall. I checked the kick stand and ensured it was up. But it definately felt like the bike stalled from no engine load and not an electrical stall.
So I thought it might have been the clutch pin that sits in the basket as I Read many times. I pulled the clutch cover and discovered that the pin and the clutch cover shaft appear ok.
I'm stumped as to what the issue is? One thing I noticed is that the clutch pin in the clutch basket seems to have in and out free play. Approx 6mm. Is this normal?
Also there was zero issues with clutch functionality and zero clutch issues in general before parking the bike up.