Let it goooo...Let it gooooooooo

My thoughts are that the 'teeth' of the steel or friction plates are expanding and not sliding in he basket easily, so when hot it is not disengaging into neutral. As Darkman has said, a thorough check of the plates for burring and fit would be beneficial.
Time to order another set of gaskets and oil...£50 odd quid.

 

Here is a good summary of proceedure From Triumphtourque.com:

check freeplay at lever,
should be about 1-2mm.

do you have any freeplay in your drive chain?
check with rider seated on bike, 20-30mm total up and down movement is good.

check the lifter arm, is the working edge worn away?
if it is, replace.

check the clutch basket, is it heavily grooved?
it is worth spending the time filing and polishing out the marks,
before you throw in the towel and buy new.

check the plates are lubed, are they dry?
remove plates, soak overnite in engine oil, refit.

check if the steel clutch plates are true, or bent?
if bent, get new ones.

dont forget to get a new clutch cover gasket,
and a lifter arm o ring.

 

I thought the oil level was higher then that and would spill out.

Maybe I can risk leaning the bike against something to get a better angle...

Cheers Jody

 

The only ones I see on the Triumph site are paper ones at £8 to £10 each
Where would I get proper ones...mine is a 2010 Speedie

 

One tip i read to check if the plates are truely flat is to place them on a sheet of glass.

 

The more heat you put in the less play you get which should not make it worse, i recon it would be worth fitting new plates as they could be knackered :-(

The service wear rate is only .20 on each plate so they might look ok :-(
Also the inner and outer plates are smaller, don't get them wrong.

 

Bloody good write up, I must admit I thought out of the factory would be as they should be and ready to go, but after reading that, I will definitly have to take the clutch appart again and get the dremel out, plus some jewellers files.
I would almost be tempted to take out 2 of the 5 springs to lighten the clutch!

Damn, wish I had read this a few weeks ago, I wouldn't have even bought new plates!

Thanks for linking Jody, hopefully this would give eveyone something to do over the winter to help towards smoother riding.

 

Fnar fnar..............................................

 

I have been working on my 'old' friction plates that I took out. Using a file to round off the teeth.
While doing that I couldn't help think what if I had taken a smidging too much off making the grip in the basket different.
I need to use the digital measurer thing to check them out. I still have 4 plates to do though.
I would then need to get the gaskets.

So not done yet, and work in progress

edited: poor spelling!

 

TBH, the new plates I put in are doing well.
Not catching and getting neutral only when I want it.
Maybe they have bedded in and working as intended!

I may leave it alone while I am happy with it.