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Clutch lost grip

Old 10-22-2022, 03:37 AM
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Just recently I was so happy when I replaced my standard plastic clutch with a new metal clutch which had a nice grip.

.. that that's gone now so I was wondering if I burned the clutch up already .. so I took the gear bell off an noticed a lot of oil build up.

Now I'm wondering if the engine is just running to to rich or if that might be from after run oil !?
Old 10-22-2022, 03:40 AM
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I also see a lot of oil dripping out of the exhaust ... but I wonder how the oil actually got into the gear bell..
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Here some pics of..

... the oil that came out of the gear bell :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmL...ew?usp=sharing

the recent clutch wear:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z77...ew?usp=sharing

inside wear of the gear bell:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ju2...ew?usp=sharing

Oil dripping out of the exhaust :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X1y...ew?usp=sharing
Old 10-22-2022, 07:47 AM
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Oil out of the exhaust is normal. Too much oil in the clutch bearings? I've over oiled them before and got kinda what you're describing.
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Originally Posted by Big Alice
Oil out of the exhaust is normal. Too much oil in the clutch bearings? I've over oiled them before and got kinda what you're describing.
When that happened to you say the clutch was not gripping at all like in this video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pdu...ew?usp=sharing
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It wasn't near that bad. It would just slip some and there was no quick acceleration. The silicon exhaust connector tube isn't split is it? I'd for sure check that. You need to find where the oil is coming from. But you already know that. Good luck.

How long did it take the new clutch to get oily and start slipping?

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Old 10-23-2022, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Alice
It wasn't near that bad. It would just slip some and there was no quick acceleration. The silicon exhaust connector tube isn't split is it? I'd for sure check that. You need to find where the oil is coming from. But you already know that. Good luck.

How long did it take the new clutch to get oily and start slipping?
OK I checked the exhaust connector .. its good. I only read the new new clutch for a couple of times ( maybe 3x 10 min)

But it may run to rich as the oil inside the exhaust connector is still blue( color of the fuel). I will lean it out a little and since I cleaned the clutch / gear bell, I'll see and check back in .
Old 10-24-2022, 07:13 AM
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In the video It looks like the muffler is wet where it goes into the connector tubing. It's not leaking out of there is it? All the oil in the fuel that isn't burned should be going out the pipe and not blowing around under the body. Any way to put a temporary shield around the flywheel to see where the oil is coming from?
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So it was defiantly the oil / dirt that had the clutch slipping. The Clutch was almost gripping to well it tryed to engage while idling : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tfc...ew?usp=sharing

which later adjusted itself. So I got my good 10 min usual run out of the that maintenance till I stripped the transmission plastic gears .. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RuT...ew?usp=sharing

wonder if I can get those somewhere made out of metal

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And actually yes it looks like that is the exact angle where the oil could spray from the gap if into the back of the clutch bell if the silicone connector is not tight ! I will try to make sure that's not happening again especially since I don't think the engine is running to rich and the little bit of oil is normal.
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