Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Clutch
rdcjohn:
I installed new levers and clutch cable tonight and the clutch is super hard to pull in. I never remember a bike ever this hard even riding my dads big 2 strokes growing up. Any advice? When I bought it, it had a white bros easy clutch mechanism on the cable but it was beat up so I did away with it.
teamgreen500:
Somebody, in all their wisdom, may have installed some heavy clutch springs?
Manny
mikesmith:
Cable routing,lubing the cable(even if its new), extending the clutch arm,running a CR type lever positioned for most leverage made mine pull lighter than some 250's.
rdcjohn:
I have got bigger issues now, No matter how much I adjusted the cable it would not release the rear wheel with it in 1st gear and me pushing it back and forth in the garage.. I have no clue what is going on now, I adjusted both adjusters to the max then back down slowly.
mikesmith:
Did the clutch work before you removed the "easy clutch"?Maybe the "easy clutch" gave you a little more adjustment on a almost worn out clutch,by removing it you dont have enough adjustment left.Try it with it on,most likely your clutch is shot and that just helped squeeze the last bit of life out of it.
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