have you had the recall work done and if so, did it do it prior to this?

 

How much clutch free play do you have?

 

No recall yet. I'm waiting for my chrome! [/emoticons/emotion-1.gif]

Free play is about 1/4 inch measured at the lever mount. Clutch is working as it should, as far as I can tell. No clunking into gear and I can roll the bike backwards easily with the engine running, in gear and the clutch pulled in.

 

If you have proper freeplay in your clutch lever, it may be that the bolt(s) holding the friction plates together is/are loose. I had this happen around 2,000 miles, long before anyone had heard of the recall.

Some bolts weren't torqued properly one worked its way out and got knocked sideways, creating sounds like yo describe and screwing up my shifting.

Just a thought.

 

my front pulley nut made wierd noise when I was slowing to a stop.

 

As others have said, you may not have enough free play in your clutch cable. After riding for about 20 minutes the cable will actually stretch a little and give you a little free-play, making the problem appear to go away. When we were riding through mainstreet at Americade, it was so hot and traffic was so slow, we couldn't make it halfway through before our clutch levers were flapping in the breeze.

I like to keep a heavy 1/8th inch of freeplay when cold.

 

VR, I had a weird noise like that come up one day. It sounded something like a ball rolling around inside a cylinder when I would pull the clutch in. The noise started up while I was out to lunch, got worse when I left the office headed for the shop. By the time I got to the shop to have somebody check it out, the noise had stopped altogether and I haven't heard it since.

 

Riding, that's kind of how mine is, except it does it every time I ride. 20 minutes or so later it is gone.

 

BTW, does the engine oil lubricate the clutch in our bikes?

 

Yes Bob, and I believe I'm home this weekend if you want to give me a shout.

 

JP,

How about Sat. morning kind of early? 9:00ish? You'll have to remind me of how to get to your place.

 

where is clutch free play measured? my 04 had same noise/vibration & I tightened clutch cable awhile ago.

 

Thanks to JP, problem solved. Belt was too tight.

BTW, JP's bike, in progress (again!), is gonna be bad a$$! No wonder he's the "Un-Mod Man". JP, be sure to post some pics when you're finished.

 

quote:Originally posted by 1fast1

where is clutch free play measured? my 04 had same noise/vibration & I tightened clutch cable awhile ago.

Measure the gap between the lever and the mount. Should be about 1/8" with the engine cold.