Clutch plates

rush1 · Post by **rush1** » Fri May 28, 2010 5:18 pm

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.

Post by **FZRDude** » Fri May 28, 2010 7:09 pm

If I had got a new basket, sure, I'd do springs and frictions.

rush1 · Post by **rush1** » Fri May 28, 2010 10:19 pm

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

Post by **FZRDude** » Fri May 28, 2010 10:46 pm

From what I've read.... stock frictions are about as good as you are going to get (bang for the buck).

rush1 · Post by **rush1** » Fri May 28, 2010 11:22 pm

Your the man Tim.

kiwi60 · Post by **kiwi60** » Sat May 29, 2010 12:57 am

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...

hotcam · Post by **hotcam** » Sat May 29, 2010 2:19 am

Stock plates new are only about .125-.130, there's not a lot of tolerance but
they don't wear fast either.

rush1 · Post by **rush1** » Sat May 29, 2010 10:16 pm

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.

Post by **FZRDude** » Sat May 29, 2010 11:27 pm

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.

Big Jon · Post by **Big Jon** » Sun May 30, 2010 11:32 pm

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.