Ron Cate
RonAmuck
I am new to this forum. Like been here for 15 minutes. Obviously haven't taken time to read only a few threads.
It is a kind of long story how I wound up with this 1982 xs400J that actually belongs to a friend. but I got it so I will do my best to deal with it. LOL It has actually been kind of fun to work on. When he dropped it off at my place he had just purchased it and it didn't even start. I went through the electrics and it now starts and runs fair, not great. More questions on that later. My question now is in regards to the clutch. some one had left the pit cock open and it completely drained the tank into the engine. I have flushed several times and finaly put some cheap oil into it and took it for a short ride. the clutch slipped pretty bad but never completely gave out. I brought it home and changed the oil and the oil that came out still had a pretty strong gas odor too it. So I changed it again and went for a ride, thinking that maybe the gas was causing the slippage, but also it may have been there before. but it is still slipping bad. So my question(s) 1. will the gas residue cause it to slip and if so can it be flushed out? 2. Is there any way to adjust, the clutch to stop the slipping? 3. Is there anything I should be aware off if I have to remove and replace clutch parts. Whole assembly? plates only? Be drunk or high before I start?
Hope I'm going about this in the right way.
Thanks for letting me in the group hope I can be some assistance to someone sooner or later.
Ron(RonAmuck)Cate
It is a kind of long story how I wound up with this 1982 xs400J that actually belongs to a friend. but I got it so I will do my best to deal with it. LOL It has actually been kind of fun to work on. When he dropped it off at my place he had just purchased it and it didn't even start. I went through the electrics and it now starts and runs fair, not great. More questions on that later. My question now is in regards to the clutch. some one had left the pit cock open and it completely drained the tank into the engine. I have flushed several times and finaly put some cheap oil into it and took it for a short ride. the clutch slipped pretty bad but never completely gave out. I brought it home and changed the oil and the oil that came out still had a pretty strong gas odor too it. So I changed it again and went for a ride, thinking that maybe the gas was causing the slippage, but also it may have been there before. but it is still slipping bad. So my question(s) 1. will the gas residue cause it to slip and if so can it be flushed out? 2. Is there any way to adjust, the clutch to stop the slipping? 3. Is there anything I should be aware off if I have to remove and replace clutch parts. Whole assembly? plates only? Be drunk or high before I start?
Hope I'm going about this in the right way.
Thanks for letting me in the group hope I can be some assistance to someone sooner or later.
Ron(RonAmuck)Cate