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This problem occurred overnight, the day before it was shifting just fine and the following morning I got it into 1st and could not get it out. With some force it did come out and the same went for the second gear, goes in easy but it will not come out.
I parked it and saw a little oil coming from the rear seal so I pulled the cover off and saw that some of the friction material was coming off the last pressure plate. I have a spare engine that came out of this bike not too long ago, maybe 30 days ago or so, and I pulled the clutch plates from there and installed them in the running engine, problem continued. Then I went back and replaced the pressure plate and the center clutch as well, checked all the plates for thickness and flatness so it was basically the whole clutch assembly from the spare engine except the outer drum (the basket). I did inspect the outer drum for any wear on the grooves where the plates rest and it was perfect. After mounting the plates and the center clutch I was able to spin it so the plates were free. I flushed the engine with MMO & 10/40 with the rear wheel off the ground and the gears were shifting fine but when I dropped the wheel back on the ground the problem continued. I did take off the front cover behind the water pump and inspected all the lickages and they work fine.
The local Honda guy is still presistently telling me that the clutch is dragging and that's the reason why it doesn't want to disengage. The clutch that is in there right now was working just fine in the other engine before I pulled it out and the only reason I pulled the engine was due to low compression on #2 & 4. I'm just wondering if there is something else internaly that can cause this problem
This problem occurred overnight, the day before it was shifting just fine and the following morning I got it into 1st and could not get it out. With some force it did come out and the same went for the second gear, goes in easy but it will not come out.
I parked it and saw a little oil coming from the rear seal so I pulled the cover off and saw that some of the friction material was coming off the last pressure plate. I have a spare engine that came out of this bike not too long ago, maybe 30 days ago or so, and I pulled the clutch plates from there and installed them in the running engine, problem continued. Then I went back and replaced the pressure plate and the center clutch as well, checked all the plates for thickness and flatness so it was basically the whole clutch assembly from the spare engine except the outer drum (the basket). I did inspect the outer drum for any wear on the grooves where the plates rest and it was perfect. After mounting the plates and the center clutch I was able to spin it so the plates were free. I flushed the engine with MMO & 10/40 with the rear wheel off the ground and the gears were shifting fine but when I dropped the wheel back on the ground the problem continued. I did take off the front cover behind the water pump and inspected all the lickages and they work fine.
The local Honda guy is still presistently telling me that the clutch is dragging and that's the reason why it doesn't want to disengage. The clutch that is in there right now was working just fine in the other engine before I pulled it out and the only reason I pulled the engine was due to low compression on #2 & 4. I'm just wondering if there is something else internaly that can cause this problem