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Author Message   Wwillco Posted on Monday, September 15, 2008 - 07:40 pm:        On occasion, my clutch is absolutely refusing to disengage- then after fiddling with it (frantically) it does. I rode the bike up and down the road in front of my garage till I got it to bind, then pulled off the inspection cover to see what was going on, couldn't find anything. And it unbound. Any ideas? (Message edited by wwillco on September 15, 2008)   Buellistic Posted on Monday, September 15, 2008 - 08:15 pm:        Have you done the OEM CLUTCH "PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT" yet ??? Now would be a good time to do it ...   Wwillco Posted on Monday, September 15, 2008 - 08:42 pm:        That I haven't. I take it this will help the problem...i.e. not get me killed? (had a rough spot in some traffic today) ....heh   Wwillco Posted on Monday, September 15, 2008 - 10:17 pm:        Made the tool. Ordered some more plates. 2 day shipping. American Sport Bike is backordered on the dang manual, been waiting for 3 weeks on it. If it doesn't come in before the parts do, I guess I will use the S1 downloaded manual (thank goodness for wireless broadband in the garage). Question though- I know this replaces the riveted spring plate, but American Sport Bike and some other manufacturers sell sets with another clutch pressure plate- is this required to swap as well? And could anything else be causing this drat problem?   00cyclone Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 12:04 am:        Whats the OEM clutch product improvement?   Buellistic Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 01:51 pm:        00cyclone: Replace the SPRING PLATE(aka "GRENADE PLATE") PN 37977-90 with one FRICTION PLATE PN 37911-90 and two STEEL PLATE's PN 37913-90 ... This is what you get when you buy a AFTER MARKET Racing clutch for the cost of THREE "PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT" Up-Date Plates ... "AND" you will have a TROUBLE FREE Clutch !!! Did mine at 50K and have a 105,022.65 miles as of the last ride on my 1997 S3T ...   Wwillco Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 03:12 pm:        I'm doing mine tonight/tomorrow, will take pics of the process and post em up.   Wwillco Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:06 pm:        Ok, replaced clutch with the energyone clutch- absolutely amazing difference! So much better without the spring plate. However, my spring plate was in perfect condition, and the friction plates were as well. I put the new primary adjuster shoe in, but the old one was fine. It was super easy, just used the S1 guide off the Badweb, maybe 2.5 hours in the tranny total. Yet, esentially, I did a whole bunch of stuff, but still didn't fix my issue. I took it for a test ride, and loved the crisp action of the clutch, until my lever bound up again. I think it is corresponding to high RPM, but not sure why. Any ideas?   Wwillco Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:06 pm:        Oh yea- took pics of the entire thing; as soon as I get them sized down I will post the process up for those that haven't done it yet.

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