Directly after I put my cams and baker compensator in the clutch started slipping on the way home from my brothers house.
(I checked adjustment at the primary while I was in there.) I adjusted it to grab earlier and it seemed to do fine. At least I don't notice any slippage. It is harder to find neutral and I prefer my clutch to engage further out where I can use two fingers rather than having to use all 4 and mash it all the in to disengage. The clutch has 40k miles on it. Question is should I replace the clutches, the clutches and plates or just go to a heavier spring?
I installed the SE Spring in my bike and Barnett clutches. Don't know if the hydraulic clutch made the difference, but it is a handful now and you don't want to get caught up in slow moving traffic. Also with the clutches, it releases different from the stock setup.
I plan on doing a Barnett extra plate kit and their spring conversion. It ditches the pressure plate and uses coils instead. It has 6 spring buckets and comes with 6 stiff springs and 6 soft springs so you can mix and match for your needs.
I installed the energy one extra plate kit with heavier spring and all is good now. The clutches I took out still looked like new and my bro said they looked like Barnett.
I put the SE spring in my bike when I put the 110 Big Bore kit in. It was part of the kit. I've been riding it for over 5 years and 65K miles. No slippage there. Only time I noticed the difference was when the service dept replaced the clutch pack assembly under warranty (worn/broken splines) and put the new, stock spring in.
I knew right away there was a problem. The pull was too light. Thankfully they had not tossed the old SE spring yet. They reinstalled it and everything was good.
As for it being too hard to pull, it pulls easier than the SE clutch pack/spring in my daughter's 98 Sporty.
I had the same issue on mine after a cam swap. Went from torque cams to more of a high end grind. It was fine for normal riding, but slipped badly on high rpm shifts. Pretty much any time it was turning more than 3500 rpm and accelerating there was some slip.
I did not want to go with a heavy spring in the clutch pak, I have one of those in an FXR and hate it. So I went with the Alto Carbon extra plate set and an SE centrifugal pressure plate. Only thing that is changed is that on a high end shift, the lever is a little harder to pull. But for normal riding, it's just like oem.
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