Be super careful with clutch bolts. I've found them to break off EASILY. In fact, one broke off on me before it ever "hit" so that I could start torquing it! I've become an expert at drilling holes in bolts to get them out with easy-outs without ruining the threads as I've had to do it twice in the past month.
This has made me pretty shy about torquing them much at all. When the bolts are loose, it seems to have a metallic rattle, almost like an Italian bike with a dry clutch I heard a while back. On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:35:55 PM UTC-4, dapperdan7 wrote: > > hi there. the clutch on my 91 250 nighthawk suddenly stopped > disengaging clutch with little warning. when i opened up and looked at > the plate one bolt was loose but everything else (clutch lifter and > spring) seemed to work fine. > > question on clutch: > the manual says 12 nm for torque on the bolts. can one over tighten > the plate so much that the lifter and plate don't interact? if the > plate in undertorqued what would be the effects? just trouble shooting > > question on chain: > > can one clean the gunk off the chain with the orange goop one uses to > clean hands? what would you guys recommend? > > thank you gentlemen! > > dan > > On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:35:55 PM UTC-4, dapperdan7 wrote: > > hi there. the clutch on my 91 250 nighthawk suddenly stopped > disengaging clutch with little warning. when i opened up and looked at > the plate one bolt was loose but everything else (clutch lifter and > spring) seemed to work fine. > > question on clutch: > the manual says 12 nm for torque on the bolts. can one over tighten > the plate so much that the lifter and plate don't interact? if the > plate in undertorqued what would be the effects? just trouble shooting > > question on chain: > > can one clean the gunk off the chain with the orange goop one uses to > clean hands? what would you guys recommend? > > thank you gentlemen! > > dan > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/FfN31074hQUJ. 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.
