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Old 02-21-2020, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Nicktamps View Post
Hi all. Looking at doing this conversion. From what I have read there are different ways of doing it. I've got a 15 ec250. What's the easiest way of doing it? Also does that stack height actually make that much difference. As I would have thought the slave cylinder would take the slack up?
I can't answer your question directly, but I have no clutch drag on my 2011 EC250, and had no clutch drag on my 2006 DE300.
I accomplished this using the stock GG clutch components.

To accomplish this I did three things:
1. Made sure that the clutch hydraulics were completely bled of any air.
2. Made sure that the clutch master cylinder's actuation pin was not adjusted in to far and pushing the piston too far into the master cylinder. (this won't let the master cylinder self-bleed air while it's being used, causing problems.)
3. Started using 50ccc more oil than the factory recommends (1100cc on the '97-2000 models, and 1000cc on the 2001 and later models), and using Amsoil 0w40 synthetic Formula 4-Stroke Powersports Engine Oil in my transmissions.

When I was doing research for Rekluse, using their first generation auto clutch, i sometimes started my bike in gear without knowing it until I blipped the throttle. That led to some "picturesque" and very humorous to watch starting events.

This is some seriously good oil for your clutch and transmission. Plus, it stays pretty a lot longer than most other brands that I've tried.
https://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-produ...?code=AFFQT-EA

I hope this helped a bit.
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Last edited by Jim Cook; 02-21-2020 at 07:04 PM. Reason: spelling
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