Howdy do. I have a silly silly question...anybody install stainless clutch springs in a dry clutch and have any issues? Just wondering. Friend of mine just painted my clutch cover and the stock springs look like dookie.
Lots of folks have. Never heard any issues of significance. The stainless springs are usually stuffer than the more mild OEM springs.. but that's it.
there's no problem with using stainless springs, at least not on the two bikes that I've put them on. In fact, mine don't feel tough at all, although on Blue there's also one of those fancy slave cylinders from Evo... i think...
I always use them, if you want an easier clutch pull, take 2 out.
Just be careful when torquing the clutch springs. They really don't need much.
" not much" is an understatement, I think the spec is in inch/pounds.
Not sure what the standard translation is to inch/pounds, but the metric is 7 N/m for those bolts.
According to a conversion site it works out to 61.955218178 in lbs. I need to find a table that I can print and put on the wall of my garage.
Quote from: grandpa nate on January 28, 2009, 08:02:31 AM
According to a conversion site it works out to 61.955218178 in lbs. I need to fing a table that I can print and put on the wall of my garage.
that's INCH/lbs not ft/lbs tho
easy conversion: a ft lb is 73% of a n/m. where ever you see n/m, multiply by 0.73 and you are gold. i usually go with 3/4th of the n/m number and drop a few lbs.
Quote from: ducatizzzz on January 28, 2009, 08:04:20 AM
that's INCH/lbs not ft/lbs tho
easy conversion: a ft lb is 73% of a n/m. where ever you see n/m, multiply by 0.73 and you are gold. i usually go with 3/4th of the n/m number and drop a few lbs.
Nothing wrong with inch pounds, as long as you're using a wrench set for it. I've got a torque wrench that's calibrated for in/lbs.
Ok, now it's ringing a bell - spring retainer bolts was 7 N/m or 5 ft/lbs = which matches up to that 73% spec you noted.