Oh,... the bird's nest that live in my Clutch Plate.

wasabi805

wasabi805

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SO,..i have have this pretty ghetto squeek which i think the culprit is from the clutch. I tried sparingly greasing the edges where the plates meet carefully making sure that none of the grease got on the clutch pads. I also adjusted and slightly greased the area where the flower bolt meets the plate. Did I miss something?

wasabi
 
You can shut it up by spraying it with with the "anti-sqeek" stuff for car breaks. It doesn't shut it up completely but it gets a little better.

All the clutches squeel a lot though. It's just their nature.
 
moronic_kaos said:
You can shut it up by spraying it with with the "anti-sqeek" stuff for car breaks. It doesn't shut it up completely but it gets a little better.

All the clutches squeel a lot though. It's just their nature.
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Where are you spraying this stuff to "shut it up"?
If you spay brake cleaner in the wrong place, you can wash off what little oil may be on certain parts.

If there is a chirping sound, it could be that the clutch shaft itself is not lubed, and that's not good.

Or are you talking about the gears "whinning"? That is normal.
 
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Bikeguy Joe said:
Where are you spraying this stuff to "shut it up"?
If you spay brake cleaner in the wrong place, you can wash off what little oil may be on certain parts.
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I just spray it right over the inside of the metal disc part that squishes with the brake pads. Seems to calm it down a lot. Gotta re-do it like every 2 or 300 miles.
 
Bikeguy Joe said:
Continuous, or intermittent?
Does it make this sound when riding and the clutch it engaged? (released)
Does it do it when the bike is being pushed, not running, with the clutch pulled in?
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It only really squeaks when the clutch is not engaged. When I'm riding it's fine. Should i still try that anti-squeak, automotive break stuff?
 
Tim_B_172 said:
Have you tried tightening you're clutch cable a little?
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yez zir, did that too.

Update: The Funny thing though is that after about 3 or 4 days of just putting up with it, the squeaks went away. Power of positive thinking? Praying to the divine bike gods? Dead birds i guess. Go figure.
 
Nougat said:
Put a dab of grease in between the ring gear and the crankshaft gear. You might be hearing gear tooth lash. Make sure the screw in the middle of the little gear is tight while you're in there.
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ah... definitely didn't do that. Might as well anyway. Thanks man
 
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