[Hans&Feet]

No change of the clutch feel/response.
The slave piston pushes on the rod to dis-engage the clutch.
Pressure plate-bearing-joint-rod-slave piston.

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Bare's procedure.

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[Buddyson]

No change of the clutch feel/response.
The slave piston pushes on the rod to dis-engage the clutch.
Pressure plate-bearing-joint-rod-slave piston.

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Bare's procedure.

Bleeding the Clutch on the Honda VTX 1800 | Bareass Choppers Motorcycle Tech Pages

This is a walk-through for bleeding the clutch on the Honda VTX 1800. Most people don't realize how bad the fluid is until they replace it via a bleed.

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New Clutch Install on a Honda VTX 1800 | Bareass Choppers Motorcycle Tech Pages

This is a walk-through for changing the clutch on a Honda VTX 1800. This is a simple job which requires a few basic tools and a torque wrench.

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No difference in response. Feels the same. Rod does engage with piston.

 

[stevie]

No difference in response. Feels the same. Rod does engage with piston.

OK, then. To me, its time to crack open the clutch and put your eyes on what's going on in there. Once you have the clutch open you can see what is or is not moving when you operate the handle.

- stevie

 

[Buddyson]

OK, then. To me, its time to crack open the clutch and put your eyes on what's going on in there. Once you have the clutch open you can see what is or is not moving when you operate the handle.

- stevie

That was my thought... thnx for the confirmation

 

[Buddyson]

That was my thought... thnx for the confirmation

 

[Buddyson]

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My springs look good. The plates appear to be in good condition. When I squeeze the clutch, the clutch parts move but seem to stick together. Would it be that the oil is too dirty?

 

[Chicago-Spike]

Those plates look horrible to me, just look at these clutches and in the video on the page hop to 5 minute mark and you'll see a HUGE difference. Your basket also is blackened probably from heat. Either that oil has never been changed or it is not a very good oil.

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[Buddyson]

Those plates look horrible to me, just look at these clutches and in the video on the page hop to 5 minute mark and you'll see a HUGE difference. Your basket also is blackened probably from heat. Either that oil has never been changed or it is not a very good oil.

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[Buddyson]

I'm novice so I don't know. Just thought that's what they're supposed to look like from the videos i seen. Granted, they should be a lot cleaner

 

[astrolaab]

This clutch is blown,get newone with steel plates.

 

[Buddyson]

This clutch is blown,get newone with steel plates.

Is that possible after 6k miles?!

 

[Chicago-Spike]

Once the friction plates are cooked and they glaze over, they are done. The heat it has seen has also probably warped the steel plates too

 

[Harkon]

Shouldn't the last friction plate be offset one notch? That's the way I remember it anyway.

And the steels are blue. It got really hot in there. She's done brother! Time for a new clutch pack. Steels and friction disks. Factory steels and Barnett or MTC friction plates, with Barnett or MTC springs will git 'er done. Follow the installation instructions. I do believe the last friction plate needs to be offset for things to work as intended.

 

[Harkon]

Looking at the pressure plate, it got crazy hot at one point as well for it to get oil stained like that. I don't believe it will present a problem though, and the basket should still be good, so I don't think it's too bad off.

 

[Buddyson]

Looking at the pressure plate, it got crazy hot at one point as well for it to get oil stained like that. I don't believe it will present a problem though, and the basket should still be good, so I don't think it's too bad off.

So, you think just get new plates?

 

[Chicago-Spike]

New friction plates and new steel plates.

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[Buddyson]

Looking at the pressure plate, it got crazy hot at one point as well for it to get oil stained like that. I don't believe it will present a problem though, and the basket should still be good, so I don't think it's too bad off.

That couldn't be from sitting for too long with oil in it? The bike was literally garage parked for 15 years with oil in it

 

[astrolaab]

It's a 2002 VTX 1800C . Clutch moves freely. Neutral light comes on. Then I squeeze the clutch , down shift into first, ease out the clutch while increasing throttle and the bike increases RPM's but never accelerates. Moving up in gears doesn't change results unfortunately...

After seeing this clutch, I wonder if the clutch didn't slip at all before the acceleration problem.

 

[Chicago-Spike]

That couldn't be from sitting for too long with oil in it? The bike was literally garage parked for 15 years with oil in it

No, that's burnt on oil. Oil just sitting will just be thick and gummy on the bottom of the case. Those plates got super heated and cooked the oil to the whole clutch pack

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[Buddyson]

No, that's burnt on oil. Oil just sitting will just be thick and gummy on the bottom of the case. Those plates got super heated and cooked the oil to the whole clutch pack

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Any idea what would cause that?