Clutch is stuck after bike sat for 3 months

[Steam]

The gosh darn clutch is stuck, after the bike sat unused for three months since I broke my arm.

I can see the first clutch plate disengage, but the others seem to be firm, they don't want to disengage by themselves. ( I can see them through the oil filler cap)

How do I free them? Run it in first gear then pull the clutch in? Um... what else could I try?

Maybe the oil just needs to seep in. I just did an oil change after it had sat for three months, now they are bathed in oil.

It's an old KLR250.

[quallman1234]

You didn't tighten the clutch lever bolt too tight did you? - Just randomly

[Steam]

You didn't tighten the clutch lever bolt too tight did you? - Just randomly

Nup. Thanks for the contribution though. It was fine when I got it the three months ago, it's just from sitting for that long.

[Steam]

Aha! Freed it.


I started it,
got it rolling down the hill,
kicked it from neutral into first,
then pulled the clutch in,
gave it heaps of revs,
and it broke free.


Huzzah! Monday I will get a warrant and a new helmet, and I'll be back on a bike for the first time since November.

[FROSTY]

Hey steam. A little trick I learned --get it hot and dump the oil.
Put fresh oil in and then leave the bike overnight with the clutch lever strapped hard to the handgrip.