i need some barnett clutch plates for my zx9. Cheapest source is fluke motorsport, at 77 squids.

http://www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=51_56&products_id=175

any one know a better source?

Also, when i was stuck in third, i slipped it til it smoked to get it to move (i ended up stuck on the locust stand !). Is it likely that the steels will need swapping too? I already have new springs waiting to go in.

Cheers!

fluke is plus vat, so £90 really...

[Edited on 24/6/06 by JoelP]

Are you sure the clutch is knackered? If so, then you need to measure the steels and change the oil as well.

deffo knackered, it was slipping all the way home! I have no choice but to change the oil, as it will all fall out when i take the cover off!

the reason i ask about the steels is cos i dont want to buy them unnecessarily, but also dont want to be halfway through changing it before i order them!

[Edited on 24/6/06 by JoelP]

You mean you can't lay the car on its side like a bike to stop the oil from getting out??
Of all the bikes I've had, I've never managed to wear out the metal plates. Several sets of softies but never the steelys. But I have added an extra one to get a bit more life out of the clutch!!

cheers mate. I'll start with just springs and friction plates then

surley the thing to look for on the steel plates is warpage as they dont wear like a car flywheel would you would need to remove them and check them on a known flat surface

if the steel plates are flat and not blued up i used to rough them up slightly with 180 wet and dry on my old 350lc yams and it did cure my clutch slip problems with a set of ebc springs which cost £11 but that was in 1984

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Originally posted by owelly
You mean you can't lay the car on its side like a bike to stop the oil from getting out??

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