Hey everybody.
I had the triumph dealer in NYC install this high performance Barnett Clutch Kit
http://www.british-customs.com/barne...lutch-kit.html
First of all they seemed to be a bit confused about the installation since it wasn't a stock kit.
Long story short, I ended up having to to open it up myself with the aid of an experience mechanic. We saw a few things,
1. The friction plates are covered in a sepia color (perhaps it's adhesive for the asbestos?), and that seemed to have splattered everywhere. I wish I would have taken a photo but you can see the sepia spun off like a liquid everywhere.
2. The metal plates were almost completely smooth (No texture) and also blued from a lot of heat
We roughed up the metal plates and reinstalled the plates.
First question though
There were five friction plates that were all identical, and then there was one plate that was about 1.5 cm thinner than the others. Not thinner in width of the actual plate, but circumfrence of the inner hole was larger than the others making the surface area smaller than the others..
This was one head scratcher and we chose to put that plate on the outside.
After we reinstalled the assembly, it seemed to have solved the initial problem of the clutch slipping when I would pop the clutch. (It would almost sound like sand paper scraping for a split second before the plates would catch and the bike would go).
But it still seems like the clutch isn't fully disengaging.
I'm sure that no one can give me the definitive answer about this, but has anyone had experience with installing the Barnett kits? Any clues about the odd plate?
I'm bummed that it already seems like I have to purchase another plate kit, but I want to make sure that it's done right this time (which means NOT having the overpriced triumph dealer install it!!)
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