Clutch...

[morg_nz]

UPDATE - bike is now working and running perfecetly - and I have decided there were two problems:

1) Firstly, i think the clutch stopped working because of how worn the basket was
2) Me - after I so nicely filed back the basket, putting that 80W90 oil in was not going to let it work

I bought some motul stuff last night (was only 4 dollars more too - should have bought it in the first place), but before i changed the oil i let the bike idle for about 10 min to get the oil nice and warm. after idleing for 10 min the clutch did work happily, but i could only just start the bike in gear.

I changed the oil and immediately i could push the bike in gear with the clutch, and start it in gear too - made all the difference!

anyways, thanks for all your help !

[WRT]

really? what year CR is this relevant to? ive never noticed the notch.... i mustve got lucky!

'01 for sure, I've just looked at the microfiche to show you but it doesn't give a clear enough picture. Haven't had the '04s clutch apart yet so can't say for sure on that one.

[CookMySock]

Ick, I didn't see that you had put fucken diff oil in it. Yeah thicker oil really screws up bike gearboxes.

Steve

[L Rider]

UPDATE - bike is now working and running perfecetly - and I have decided there were two problems:

1) Firstly, i think the clutch stopped working because of how worn the basket was
2) Me - after I so nicely filed back the basket, putting that 80W90 oil in was not going to let it work

I bought some motul stuff last night (was only 4 dollars more too - should have bought it in the first place), but before i changed the oil i let the bike idle for about 10 min to get the oil nice and warm. after idleing for 10 min the clutch did work happily, but i could only just start the bike in gear.

I changed the oil and immediately i could push the bike in gear with the clutch, and start it in gear too - made all the difference!

anyways, thanks for all your help !

Yah, glad you got it sorted great feeling i bet when you've beaten the bloody thing.
We stick to Motul now.

[CookMySock]

We stick to Motul now.

I've heard of ATF in 2T gearboxes. Quite common it seems.

Steve

[vifferman]

Indeed - I first used it in my Elsinore back in 1975 (in both the gearbox and forks)!
I was going to chip in (if it hadn't come right) that maybe you hadn't torqued the clutch bolts evenly - that's what I did waaaaay back then, and had to ride it sans clutch to get to work and back.

[CRF119]

The clutch bolts bottom out so that shouldnt cause any problems. Sweet thats its fixed lesson lernt use the correct oil haha