Motorcycle clutches are usually clapped onto the end of the crankshaft to save space. There they run smoothly and inconspicuously in the oil bath. And only very few people really get to the end with the friction linings of such a power transmission. Typically, the bike flies over a crash barrier together with this component, smashes against a driver’s door that has just been opened or collects dust with flat tires in the collector’s barn.
And the fate of a slipping clutch is even rarer when you’re on vacation, i.e. during the few days you’ve painstakingly scraped together with the boys at Lake Garda or wherever it’s nice. But when the clutch slips, the sun shines and the boys unload their carloads of malice and ridicule, good advice is expensive. Crawl into the local screwdriver’s den and pay double or triple the special tourist rate? Back over the Alps on the back of the automobile club?
The mechanic in the man rolls up his sleeves in such a case, throws the damned hog into the embankment and plucks off the side cover. Typically, clutches are dimensioned in such a way that there is always a small amount of friction lining left between the disks. If you now increase the pressure on the clutch springs using one or two washers per bolt, the package presses together more firmly and transmits the force again.
This emergency repair is usually extremely durable and usually easily lasts until you get home. You can also show the boys what´s what and make the side stand spark.
