Have you filed yet? I did

[mandark1967]

but not my taxes...

I finally got around to removing the clutch, clutch push lever, and push rod from Project Phoenix and found that my basket looked more like a ruffles potato chip, than a clutch basket, thanks to all those ridges:

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They weren't all that deep, actually, so I grabbed the file and filed the basket flanges smooth.

If the temps hadn't fallen 20° and started sleeting on me, I'd have completed my repairs to the YZ today.

As it was, I was only able to repack the bearings in my KDX, Replace all the plastics and seat, install the new sprockets and chain, and reconnect the tail lights.

I feel like I wasted the whole day :bang:

 

[76GMC1500]

Just did mine last weekend, it was a little worse.

 

[mandark1967]

Just did mine last weekend, it was a little worse.

Since this is the first time I ever had to do that, I'm wondering how many times you can get away with filing the ridges down before you have to replace the basket...

I would guess it can be done a couple times if the ridges aren't horribly deep, right?

 

[schmanman]

I'm curious, what do the ridges do to the clutch?
get between the plates, and make it harder to actuate?
and are the ridges from the clutch plates wearing into the basket?
I'm pretty new to the hobby, and am trying to gather as much knowledge as possible. :)

 

[mandark1967]

I'm curious, what do the ridges do to the clutch?
get between the plates, and make it harder to actuate?
and are the ridges from the clutch plates wearing into the basket?
I'm pretty new to the hobby, and am trying to gather as much knowledge as possible. :)

The ridges prevent the clutch plates from engaging/disengaging correctly which makes your clutch drag (causing your new plates to wear out and also causes transmission issues)

The friction plates wear into the basket (as shown in the picture above) and the pressure plates wear into the Boss Clutch, which is the piece that goes inside the piece in the pic above. (Lemme hop on my windows xp box and see if I still have a pic of the boss clutch ridges that I can post)

just to let you know, The bike is 8 years old, and the bike was stolen 16 months ago and thrashed like crazy... So as far as ridges are concerned, it takes a long time for them to form so you may never see them in your bike's lifetime unless you keep it for around a decade...

 

[mandark1967]

Although you may not be able to see the ridges on the Boss Clutch clearly, they're there. Due to the tight spaces between the raised sections of the boss clutch, I decided it's easier for me to buy a new piece instead of filing the ridges myself.

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[snb73]

I've done mine and it solved the chatter and grabbines. I would only do it once, then replace the basket with a good aftermarket one.

Remove the basket and place it in a vice. Use and old inner tube, rag or something similar so the jaws of the vice don't marr the basket. Around the basket you will see tabs that are opposite of each other. For example: if you are looking at the basket, you will see two tabs on opposite sides of each other, at 3:00 and 9:00 that divide the basket in half perfectly. Gently draw a file across the two corresponding tabs. It's very important to keep the file flat on both tabs at the same time. This will keep the surface of the tabs parrallel with each other and square.

Rotate to the next two corresponding tabs and repeat.

 

[schmanman]

ok, cool. thanks. :)