What viscosity is your oil? I have used Valvoline 10W-30, or the semi-synthetic Honda recommends (didn't like it), and lastly, Amsoil. Have had no disengaging problems like that, but with 15,000 city miles, it would appear that the clutch is wearing and hence I noticed some slight slippage. Never wore a clutch out before on any of the bikes I've had, including: step-thru 50 CB125, CB160, CL350, early model 500 Four, and a 90. Have gone through chains and sprockets, of course... Back when, I remember my 500 once in a while would stick, but nothing drastic, as just rocking it back and forth with the engine off and clutch lever engaged would release it. Back then I was using straight 30W and it diminished when I switched to multiviscosity - 10-30. Stanley
________________________________ From: thor <[email protected]> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:07:57 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Honda CB250 Clutch not Disengaging Well, I just took the clutch cover off and tried some things I had found on the internet. Here was my process, First to break the clutch loose I tried taking some advice I found on a website. It involved getting the bike up to 20 mph, and then locking the rear wheel up with the clutch lever pulled in. That's it. Although this didn't seem to work it seems like a great idea to try out first. Second I took the cover off and then disconnected the springs. I then took a screw driver and pried each of the clutch plates from each other. This works for sure. After doing all of this I noticed the rear wheel was still spinning and concluded that the oil causes the plates to barely stick to each other and give enough grip to spin the tire. This can be stopped with as little force as hand pressure on the wheel. The hardness of getting into neutral is a little better but still can be a pain. To Stanley: No it doesn't slip, it actually was not disengaging. On Apr 5, 8:57 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > The wheel spin in gear with the clutch pulled is the clutch dragging. Needs a > proper adjustment. What weight oil is in it ? > > --- On Sun, 4/5/09, thor <[email protected]> wrote: > From: thor <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Honda CB250 Clutch not Disengaging > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 6:11 PM > > I have a '92 CB250, I noticed the other day that it was extremely hard > to get into neutral, so i took a look at the clutch cable to see if it > was adjusted wrong. In fact the only time I am able to get into > neutral is when the motor is off. I checked to see if the clutch was > working properly by raising the rear wheel and putting it into first > with the clutch in. No go. Tire spins as well with the clutch in as it > does out. I took the cable completely off and just pulled the rod up > till it stopped with the same result. So it's not the cable. > > I am not familiar with tranny stuff so please help me out here. I am > an aircraft mech, so I like to think I have some mechanical > understanding... Any help much appreciated, gracias! > > -Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
