lt 500 clutch ?

• lt 500 clutch ?
  Posted by 87zillaman on 03 Jul, 2015 07:47
• ok so have a new clutch in my 87 lt500 and i put springs from the 85lt250 and now my clutch is hanging up on me some times it breaks free any ideas
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by ZillaFreak on 03 Jul, 2015 08:58
• clutch basket is grooved.
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  Posted by 87zillaman on 03 Jul, 2015 09:12
• what do you mean its grooved
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  Posted by Skeans1 on 03 Jul, 2015 10:34
• The fingers on the basket are grooved.
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  Posted by 87zillaman on 03 Jul, 2015 10:46
• its brand new how is that possible
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  Posted by Q2W on 06 Jul, 2015 06:21
• did you get both new clutch plates and clutch basket?  Typically, the clutch doesn't come with a new basket.
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  Posted by ZillaFreak on 06 Jul, 2015 06:38
• could also be a groove inner hub.
  
  This is a grooved basket (not that bad)
  
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  Posted by Glamisrider on 07 Jul, 2015 14:29
• Quote from: 87zillaman on 03 Jul, 2015 07:47

  I put springs from the 85lt250 and now my clutch is hanging up on me some times it breaks free any ideas
  

  
  Check to make sure the outer hub is seated correctly, sometimes the recesses where the spring bolts go get hung up and the outer hub does not seat 100% of the way down.
  
  I'd also make sure that the springs are seated squarely.  Sometime when compressing them they get off center and prematurely compress making you think you've done the job right but you're really coming up short.
  
  
  
  
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  Posted by MotorGeek - Jerry Hall on 07 Jul, 2015 14:40
• Make sure the inner basket will spin freely with the nut tight and the plates removed.
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