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Stock Honda Clutch – Excessive Effort

Tagged: birel clutch lever, clutch cable, cr125 clutch cable

This topic has 6 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by Dale Daugherty.

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- August 8, 2014 at 10:28 pm #31726
  
  Alan Sheidler
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  The real issue is that the setup you describe was designed for an ICC clutch. Funky even then, IMO.
  
  And I show the only proper way to do a Honda clutch. See the discussion on the “Classic EKN site: http://eknclassic.com/viewtopic.php?t=113994&highlight=
- August 9, 2014 at 11:31 am #31737
  
  Sanford Mitz
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  I’ve used the Birel setup on several shifter karts and it works fine.
  
  Pull your cable out of the sleeve and make sure it is not unraveling or kinked internally.
  
  I assume that the clutch assembly in your engine was put together correctly and make sure that there are no grooves warn in the clutch basket. Pull the basket apart and start from there. Also, make sure that the rod is in correctly and there is a ball in there under the actuator hat. Double check that the arm next to the stator is assembled properly. (Hard to get wrong, but who knows). Also make sure that the lever is not overtightened on the steering pivot. I’ve used this assembly on my Birel, KGB, and Merlin and it should work fine. No need to spend dollars or get overly creative.
- August 11, 2014 at 12:23 pm #31815
  
  Dale Daugherty
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  Thank you both for the replies; I am going to spend some time this weekend taking a look at that cable, and having a peek at the clutch. I’ll share photos if I find anything that appears suspect.
- August 11, 2014 at 2:41 pm #31825
  
  Mike D’Ambrogia
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  > I am going to spend some time this weekend taking a look at that cable, and having a peek at the clutch.
  
  what did you find?
- August 21, 2014 at 8:25 am #32363
  
  Jordon Musser
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  9/10 times it is the cable. Pull the cable out of the housing, clean, lube with motor oil and re install. if that doesnt do it, replace the assembly (excessive wear and/or corrosion in the housing)
- August 21, 2014 at 11:49 am #32368
  
  Dale Daugherty
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  [quote quote=32363]9/10 times it is the cable. Pull the cable out of the housing, clean, lube with motor oil and re install. if that doesnt do it, replace the assembly (excessive wear and/or corrosion in the housing)[/quote]
  
  Thank you, Jordon.
  
  I got pretty busy this last weekend, but I did cut the zip ties and “relax” the cable a little bit, which made a difference for sure. I am going to take it apart and clean it up this weekend as you suggest; I think it would be a good idea just to do it regardless. I’ll also take the clutch cover off and have a look at the guts, just to be sure there’s nothing amiss in there. I don’t think there is really anything wrong with the clutch though. I used screwdriver to lift up on the clutch actuator lever (basically taking the cable out of play), and it felt pretty good.
  
  Thanks for the feedback everyone. I’ll update if I have an “a-ha! moment”, and find anything unexpected. I think the cable is the issue though.
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