'05 450 FSE Gear Stick/Engine Stall...

[bhambaker]

Hey GG Friends,

I'm experiencing my bike stalling when dropping into 1st on the first ride of the day. It happens a few times and then finally I'm able to drop into first gear and ride. I'm guessing the clutch plates are sticking together.

Anyone have any tips on removing the clutch plates to inspect?

Thanks,

~Jon

[Tafka]

Adjust your clutch lever first! Two screws on the clutch lever. If that doesn't help then just take clutch plates out and clean them and put them together again. You just have to remove the clutch cover...so it's not hard job

[VilluEST]

Originally Posted by Tafka

Adjust your clutch lever first! Two screws on the clutch lever. If that doesn't help then just take clutch plates out and clean them and put them together again. You just have to remove the clutch cover...so it's not hard job

And ALWAYS remember put them back the same way and in the same order they came out!!! Otherwise you're going to burn the clutch anyway.

[chaddlez]

u got a hydraulic clutch probly just needs bleeding or wait for the bike to warm up, i had the same thing when i first rode my 04 gg

[bhambaker]

Thanks for the advice guys.

First tried the lever adjust, but still had issues... so I opened the clutch up and removed the plates. They all looked clean and the action of the pulling the clutch lever in on the pressure plates looked good with the clutch cover off.

What torque should the three pressure plate allen heads be set to?

The cover gasket broke into multiple pieces when I pulled the cover. Any suggestions on sourcing a new gasket for the cover?

Thanks,

~jon

[Tafka]

Did you have something like this clutch in?
PICTURE

That is a slipper clutch....if you have this then use search or google....maybe you get more help. Somewhere i read that this slipper clutch is very picky of oil. What oil are you using?