[Kdogsledhead]

Installed a new aftermarket hd clutch in a 2007 klr and it seems stuck and unable to disengage. I followed the clymer manual and just can't figure out what is causing it to be stuck. Any suggestions?

 

[Klrian]

Did you offset the last clutch disk? That is the last disk in the basket does not run in the slots like all the others but sits on the end of the fingers of the basket. You should be able to check by looking thru the oil filler hole. Hope this helps.

 

[Kdogsledhead]

Found the problem to be the springs. The EBC clutch kit springs are the correct od and length however the spring wire diameter is larger so that when the spring bolts are torqued there is no room to compress. I discovered this
because I saved the old original springs, test installed and the rest is history. I have a factory set being air freighted out of the warehouse in Toronto tonight.

 

[GoMotor]

You are not the first this has happened to. You should complain very loudly to whoever you bought the springs from. Ask for cost and freight and labor back. Make them want to complain to EBC

 

[Kdogsledhead]

I feel the best defence to after market and modification product disappointments is education in popular forums. Complaining to Twisted Throttle will most likely fall on ears that have no vested interest in that business and our sport and passion. It will only use up more time spent with no increase in the funometer, the gauge that measures the grin on my face. No more time spent on what happened yesterday. Lifes lessons cost you money and without suffering there is no change.

 

[Normk]

Alternatively, if Twisted Throttle are not made aware of the issue, they have no opportunity to either rectify or avoid it in future.

 

[Kdogsledhead]

Hey twisted throttle log in to a forum and perhaps advertise also. Advised....check

 

[Normk]

OK, I'm out of this thread.

 

[Damocles]

Found the problem to be the springs. The EBC clutch kit springs are the correct od and length however the spring wire diameter is larger so that when the spring bolts are torqued there is no room to compress.

Not this?

Did you offset the last clutch disk? That is the last disk in the basket does not run in the slots like all the others but sits on the end of the fingers of the basket.

If the part from EBC is incorrect, notification of the vendor and a request for replacement or refund seems reasonable, to me. Almost every company occasionally makes mistakes at times; denying the manufacturer/seller the opportunity for corrective action only insures future identical mistakes, IMHO.

An Internet-led boycott doesn't appear to me an efficient, or even an effective, agent of change, YMMV.

EBC isn't infallible, by any means. EBC brake shoes for a rear KLR250 hub were too wide at the pivot eyes to release; in this case, my dealer's service manager and Mr. Bench Grinder corrected the problem. I left notification of EBC up to the dealership; would have done it myself if I had purchased directly.

New shoes at top were too wide; left insufficient clearance within hub for free expansion and contraction inside brake drum. Old OEM shoes, shown installed at bottom, were correct width. Mr. Bench Grinder customized new EBC shoes:



DISCLAIMER: My dearest friends and truest critics might suggest this post is off-topic. They may be correct! If so, deepest regrets. My rationale: The GENERAL discussion involved defective parts from a vendor/manufacturer, in the previous and current case, EBC; and . . . possible resolutions/countermeasures to such situations. Thus, I thought my utterance might be accepted, at least . . . tolerated!