Clutch Chatter

[Dirty Dave]

Thanks Sidecar.

I remember this being mentioned before.

[ericheath]

Looking forward to your posts. Mine has 57000 and is clattering a but at idle. It might be slipping a little under heavy load too. Better bleed it and keep an eye on it.

[Dirty Dave]

Four or five rivets escaped and jammed between friction plates.
(Valkyrie)

Ordered frictions from Randakk and received EBC cork plates. I believe
stockers were Kevlar. Whatever, renewed the clutch. Not too bad with
some improvisation and swearing. A HD oil filter wrench with a view hole
made the repair possible. Another mechanical adventure under
my belt. Bought a stubby Milwaukee impact driver as a reward.

[wingrider]

Yes, sad that Honda kept that damper plate all the way up into the 1500's.

[Dirty Dave]

What I wonder about is the placement of the damper plate. The GL 1000 has it in the middle of the clutch stack while
my Valkyrie has it at the end.

[robin1731]

What I wonder about is the placement of the damper plate. The GL 1000 has it in the middle of the clutch stack while
my Valkyrie has it at the end.

Where does the manual say to place it?

[Dirty Dave]

As per the manuals, different placement between the 2 bikes. Just wondering why.

Less stress on damper plate with different placement in stack?
Hmmm.

[Sidecar Bob]

Maybe they thought it would do less damage when it came apart if it was at the end.

[Dirty Dave]

Another mystery, at least for me. Two different part numbers for the Valk & Gold Wing damper plates.

It seems the Valk plate has teeth on both sides while the Wing is toothed on one.

22322-MZ0-000 & 22322-371-020

Just sayin'.....