Clutch plates

Got something you want to say but don't know where else to say it? This is the spot to post it!
Post Reply
rush1
Veteran Poster
Posts: 234
Joined: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:45 pm
Location: Granite Falls, WA

Clutch plates

Post by rush1 »

Does anyone have brand new friction plates. Reason I'm asking is I measure mine and they all are around .121in. The book says that the min. is .110in. So I'm wondering what brand news ones measure out at. If someone has a set and could measure them or If you guys think mine are to close to the min. and need to be replaced please let me know. I have not play with the clutch in my bike at all and haven't had slipping issues with it and I don't want to put everything back together and have to replace the clutch in a couple of months.
:bfg

User avatar
FZRDude
Co-Admin
Posts: 4810
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:20 am
Location: North-Left Coast, USA
Contact:

Post by FZRDude »

If I had got a new basket, sure, I'd do springs and frictions.
There are some who call me........Tim?
In Memory Of John "Silver" Douglas (Dec. 08, 2008) R.I.P. My Friend.

:wave: :popcorn :cursing :super-mad

rush1
Veteran Poster
Posts: 234
Joined: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:45 pm
Location: Granite Falls, WA

Post by rush1 »

Has anyone brought the kevlar friction plates? Are they worth the price?
:bfg

User avatar
FZRDude
Co-Admin
Posts: 4810
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:20 am
Location: North-Left Coast, USA
Contact:

Post by FZRDude »

From what I've read.... stock frictions are about as good as you are going to get (bang for the buck).
There are some who call me........Tim?
In Memory Of John "Silver" Douglas (Dec. 08, 2008) R.I.P. My Friend.

:wave: :popcorn :cursing :super-mad

rush1
Veteran Poster
Posts: 234
Joined: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:45 pm
Location: Granite Falls, WA

Post by rush1 »

Your the man Tim.
:bfg

User avatar
kiwi60
Help!!! I need a LIFE!!!
Posts: 2111
Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:37 pm
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Post by kiwi60 »

From what I've read.... stock frictions are about as good as you are going to get (bang for the buck).
100% with you on that one Tim, I got 2 seasons hard racing on one set of stock plates, and was only starting to get clutch slip with the big hp motor, which I put down to a crook lever and slave cylinder :)

Guess whats going in the falicon basket...
“I venture not to cross that finish line in a neat, tidy well ordered bundle, but to slide across it sideways in a shower of spark’s, leaking oil, hissing steam shouting ..Geronimo !!!!! “

2005 SV996R SOLD
1988 FZR750/1040 race bike SOLD
1988 FZR750/1000 - the next project CHANGING THE LOOK AGAIN, BUT STILL ON THE ROAD
Now he's got a KAWASAKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nope - Sold that one too
Dang - he’s got a Triumph now :o
Nope - The Triumph got written off :wtf:

hotcam
Help!!! I need a LIFE!!!
Posts: 1487
Joined: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:29 am
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Post by hotcam »

Stock plates new are only about .125-.130, there's not a lot of tolerance but
they don't wear fast either.
-------
'95 FZR1040 '09 FZ1-S
"And they had a machine, a dream of a machine, with wheels and gears and perfect in every respect, and they lived on it..." -Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad"

rush1
Veteran Poster
Posts: 234
Joined: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:45 pm
Location: Granite Falls, WA

Post by rush1 »

thanks hotcam,
seeing my is .004-.009 less then new ones, isn't that bad. I was figuring new ones would be around .140-.150 range.
:bfg

User avatar
FZRDude
Co-Admin
Posts: 4810
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:20 am
Location: North-Left Coast, USA
Contact:

Post by FZRDude »

Oh, and you can do the clutch while the bike is on the side stand with no loss of oil. The last time I took out my basket I think it only took me like 45 minutes - 1 hr, out and back in. Real simple and straight forward process.
There are some who call me........Tim?
In Memory Of John "Silver" Douglas (Dec. 08, 2008) R.I.P. My Friend.

:wave: :popcorn :cursing :super-mad

Big Jon
Help!!! I need a LIFE!!!
Posts: 847
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:09 pm
Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada

Post by Big Jon »

Some aftermarket kits will read different thicknesses because they don't have the single thick plate. My OEM clutch started slipping at 80,000kms on the street bike, and the track unit with over 70,000 is still running one too. I used a Barnett because the whole kit was considerably cheaper at the time, but they're stiffer springs are noticeable at the lever.

Post Reply