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Well after all that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found the culprit.
It was the stupidest thing ever. So I take everything apart. Check stuff, oil stuff, & did…login to view the rest of this post

Well yes & no.
Yes I made clutch basket tool.
No it didn't work because the nut was tightened up by a non humanoid being. (I brought one in the end).

Hal…login to view the rest of this post

I know this is silly to ask and you'd have already done it but you did soak the friction plates before fitting didn't you ?
I fitted ebc clutch plates…login to view the rest of this post

I'm puzzled (not hard really :whistle: )
I put new steels , plates , half plate and spring in mine and I'm sure it didn't sound like that :think:
Did …login to view the rest of this post

I've embedded the video for you .
That's a weird noise , sounded a bit like sucking :think:
Have you had the engine running ?
I'd be tempted to strip i…login to view the rest of this post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD4Ky1AhnjM

Rubbish quality (For reasons unknown) but does the job.
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Did you remove the pivot rod from the clutch housing and check the bearings? The rod forms the inner race, and looked and felt slightly worn. But I c…login to view the rest of this post

Hi all.
This might be a something or nothing type of thing, but it sort of bugs me a bit.
I recently changed the clutch.
With the engine off, I can hea…login to view the rest of this post

Pop round and you can borrow mine as long as you bring it back [/quote]

Thanks for the offer jompy but Worthing to Derby's 186.1 miles.
That'll be …login to view the rest of this post

I'd go further than Jompy - I feel many of the torque specs are ridiculously high. I routinely reduce everything by 25%, especially if using antiseiz…login to view the rest of this post

The 4xv/5jj service manual states 70nm and the 5pw service manual states 105nm

I've always gone by the service manual without question.
It was just t…login to view the rest of this post

Do you have the 4xv service manual ?[/quote]

No. Only the Haynes manual.
But I do have a pdf of the Yamaha service manual which states 70nm.
My mat…login to view the rest of this post

Hi all..
Just replacing clutch on me 99 4XV..
Now the Haynes manual states the clutch boss nut has a torque setting of 70nm.
But I was also given (alo…login to view the rest of this post

[/quote]Motorbike discs are normally semi floating, which means you won't be able to move the rivets and there shouldn't be any free play. So yours ha…login to view the rest of this post

Never heard of them , the ally parts look the same as the disks that came on the half-one when I got it ! The cheaper disks supposedly warp easier , …login to view the rest of this post

ABE.....

So hat as your original forum name ?

I tried to log on today.
Up came my username & password. Incorrect name or password message. Use forgot my password. Said none of my email addresses are on the database.
Then tried to register.
Wouldn't let me register because all the email addresses that I ...

Might pay to get them checked, especially the rivets. It looks like a lot of corrosion on the disc surface, but that should clean up with use.

Well a…login to view the rest of this post

jompy wrote:Welcome back
How you doing bud ?

I'm doing good thanks Jompy.
Just want to get me bike on the road before the summer's gone, but need mot, but also need a job & the lawnmower blew up + stuff 'n' things getting in the way.
(You know what I mean)...

If they are EBC discs like mine (and they do look like min bar the wavy petals as opposed to mine being round) are you aren't meant to turn the bobbi…login to view the rest of this post

Hi all..
Have pitting on discs.. Only done about 60 miles on them since they went rusty.
I can't see the pitting going away.
The discs are still float…login to view the rest of this post

Hi all.
I'm new but I'm not new. I'm newish!
I registered last year but couldn't log on and,, well,,, it's a long & troubled story!
I have a 99 R1, but haven't ridden a bike in 28 years so I'm terrible.
But I'm still alive so I must be doing something right!