Well, I knew my clutch was about worn out so I opened her up tonight to see what the problem was. This was when my nightmare started. I took the pressure plate off and noticed that it has some serious grooves carved in it! The Hinson is $158. Then I noticed that the clutch basket has some serious notches in it. BIG notches! The thing is garbage. The Hinson basket is $190. My clutch plates were worn thin, and two of the plates with the fibers on them were broke into pieces! This would explain all of the rattling coming from the clutch. A new EBC clutch kit costs $100.
So, I figured I would go ahead and get the clutch basket out and order the parts. That nut that holds the inner hub and clutch basket on is really kicking my *censored*! I measured the nut or at least I thought I did, and I went to Auto Zone to buy a socket. I get back home, and the thing is the wrong size. I measure again, go back to Auto Zone, hassle with the knuckleheads that work there, and buy the next size up figuring that it MUST be it! WRONG! Boy I was pissed. I went back to Auto Zone, and they didn't have any sockets that were bigger. I got my money back went back home, and just took the whole damn bike with me to another Auto Zone. I finally got the right size socket and brought it all home, unloaded the bike and started working again. While trying to remove that stupid nut, I busted one of the pegs off the inner clutch hub! My wife thought I had dropped the motorcycle on my head by the way I was screaming and cursing. I knew I had seen how much an inner hub costs and I knew they weren't cheap. Sure enough, they're $270 for a Hinson. So, I'm looking at well over $700 in repairs. To make things worse, some of the pieces of busted up clutch plates are unaccounted for. I'm sure they're inside my tranny somewhere. Hopefully they are just behind the clutch basket and I can't see them. I still can't get the dang nut off! If I work on it anymore, I'm going to get the sledge hammer out.
Anyways, I don't really need any advice unless you have any ideas how to get the clutch nut off. I just had to vent about this. I might be able to use my pressure plate. I'm going to take it to the bike shop and see what they think. Anyways, I WAS planning on buying a steering dampner. I guess not now since I'll be buying an entirely new clutch. I wasn't planning on going to Gruber anyways. Matt
So, I figured I would go ahead and get the clutch basket out and order the parts. That nut that holds the inner hub and clutch basket on is really kicking my *censored*! I measured the nut or at least I thought I did, and I went to Auto Zone to buy a socket. I get back home, and the thing is the wrong size. I measure again, go back to Auto Zone, hassle with the knuckleheads that work there, and buy the next size up figuring that it MUST be it! WRONG! Boy I was pissed. I went back to Auto Zone, and they didn't have any sockets that were bigger. I got my money back went back home, and just took the whole damn bike with me to another Auto Zone. I finally got the right size socket and brought it all home, unloaded the bike and started working again. While trying to remove that stupid nut, I busted one of the pegs off the inner clutch hub! My wife thought I had dropped the motorcycle on my head by the way I was screaming and cursing. I knew I had seen how much an inner hub costs and I knew they weren't cheap. Sure enough, they're $270 for a Hinson. So, I'm looking at well over $700 in repairs. To make things worse, some of the pieces of busted up clutch plates are unaccounted for. I'm sure they're inside my tranny somewhere. Hopefully they are just behind the clutch basket and I can't see them. I still can't get the dang nut off! If I work on it anymore, I'm going to get the sledge hammer out.
Anyways, I don't really need any advice unless you have any ideas how to get the clutch nut off. I just had to vent about this. I might be able to use my pressure plate. I'm going to take it to the bike shop and see what they think. Anyways, I WAS planning on buying a steering dampner. I guess not now since I'll be buying an entirely new clutch. I wasn't planning on going to Gruber anyways. Matt
