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clutch pedal over travel
smart51 - 2/8/05 at 09:34 PM

I've been advised to fit a clutch pedal over travel mechanical stop to avoid damage to the clutch. What damage can it do? How easy is it to do it?


chrisf - 3/8/05 at 02:05 AM

Possibly rip the clutch arm off? I'm fitting stops to both the clutch and the throttle.

--Chris


britishtrident - 3/8/05 at 06:52 AM

Over travel damages the clutch cover assembly.

All thats required is the clutch arm has just enough travel to enable reverse to be enaged without grinding the gears.

As smart51 says simple adjustable stop on the pedal will do the job very nicely. Likewise the throttle cable should not pull the carb hard against the stop at full throttle as this will cause something to break or damage the carbs.


Coose - 3/8/05 at 02:30 PM

All you need to do is measure the linear cable travel on a bike (preferably an R1, but I used a TZ250 as that's what was nearest....). You should find that you need about 12mm of cable travel, so then just attach a stop with a bolt and a couple of nuts to limit the pedal travel - job done!

Mine worked beautifully first time....


Hellfire - 3/8/05 at 02:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident

All thats required is the clutch arm has just enough travel to enable reverse to be enaged without grinding the gears.




Reverse - R1? sorry... couldn't resist


Lotusmark2 - 3/8/05 at 02:49 PM

glad someone else picked up on that, thought I was going mad