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Your old Honda’s clutch system is one of the most important items in your bike. To understand just how important, your clutch is responsible for disconnecting the drive train of the motorcycle from the rear wheel to allow your to stop, start, and shift smoothly. That means anytime your bike is moving, or not, it is working hard and wearing on the consumable components inside. Whether you are riding a CB175 / CB200 / CB350 / CB360 / CB450 / CB550 / CB750 they use a very similar clutch architecture that needs to be regularly checked for wear to keep both your bike and yourself safely riding down the road. Brenden explains how to replace those worn friction discs on our shop CB550 while giving you the tips and tricks to do the job correctly and right at home.
Clutch Rebuild Kits:
CB350 / CB360 Rebuild Kit: https://www.common-motor.com/honda-cb-clutch-rebuild
CB450 / CB500T Rebuild Kit: https://www.common-motor.com/honda-cb-450-clutch-rebuild
CB500K Rebuild Kit: https://www.common-motor.com/honda-cb-500K-clutch-rebuild
CB550K / CB550F Rebuild Kit: https://www.common-motor.com/honda-cb-550-clutch-rebuild
CB750 Rebuild Kit: https://www.common-motor.com/honda-cb750-clutch-rebuild
Steel Clutch Plates:
CB450 / CB500T / CB750 Steel Clutch Plates: https://www.common-motor.com/honda-cb-450-500t-740k-750f-steel-clutch-plate
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My idiot friend started my bike with the muffler off one side of it because to be twin I literally hit the fill switch immediately. The valves look fine. Hopefully everything's okay. I just got the bike 2 weeks ago got its running. Clean the cards you know got all the routes you made. It's done. Fixed the fork seals. Clean the tank out. Put it in. Line fuel filter and.. and it needs to clutch. So I got the muffler off in the footpegs lower ready to go and idiot started it but I shut it off immediately. Hopefully I'm okay… 1990 intruder 750 with 14,000 mi on it
You didn’t touch the clutch plate on the clutch center? The spring ,judder, or clip?
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Ey thanks for the video. One more reason why I don't need to take my bike into the shop.
So I rebuilt mine and now I have to adjust it constantly with the engine temp. After it gets warm it needs less tension but when it’s cold I have to have more.
Nice video. Hey I have a rebel 450 and I noticed that the clutch basket with the gear attached that the disks sit in can move back and fourth on the shaft. Like it moves back and fourth or the shaft and makes a knocking sound. Is that normal of is it supposed to be tight and not able to move back and fourth?
Tengo shadow 750 mod 83 la tengo parada por los discos de fricción dificil de conseguir aquí en colombia
Hi Bernie: Its nice to find your channel. I got a question. I messed up my CB750 1979 clutch using synthetic oil. I'm looking for a oil for Honda 750's that are 10W60 if possible non synthetic – Can you recommend a good oil ?
So basically clean up the disk slap on new springs and good to go.
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I’ve recently discovered your videos. What I appreciate is the thing you’re teaching is thorough but simple. And I appreciate the start of your videos just start without a big production intro and telling us what’s coming up in the middle of the video. Well done.
are the clutch discs all the same? meaning if I'm replacing them the order in which you alternate the disc and metals is the same?
My bike has the steal fist an its beveled on a 450 is that normal i heard .out friction plates go first an last?
Hi Just assembled clutch for for first time. I used the same amount of friction and metal plates with judder. I had them side by side but there is play between plates and im told should not be? Can you can look at this brief video i did? Not sure if my comments are enabled and cant seem find how to enable. Thank you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu1CbpNglVg&t=28s
You guys wouldn’t happen to have a link for a 71 sl350 clutch? I having lots of trouble finding one
Good keep it up
Do you know anything about old 81 Honda xl250s carburetor PD10a it won’t throttle down and has bad responses been rebuilt everything is clean didn’t put new air cut off. Any ideas would be helpful thanks
hello, I also fixed it on a cbr 125, but now as I put it together, the clutch has no resistance at all, what could it be ??
Another great video, you guys makes having a classic Honda so much easier.
Great tip on checking the flatness of the steels. Thanks.
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not a bad tuition for DIY ..there are a few points that you may have missed is the steel plates have a curved edge only on 1 side and the curved edge should face outwards also the clutch basket there are wear grooves that if not smoothed out may catch the friction plates and cause clutch creeping or cause dragging on the metal plates ..
Just a couple of suggestions. Especially for those first timers when the clutch pack is fully assembled and inserted the basket, make sure the top surface of the pack is at or slightly below the top surface of the basket. That insures all of the cogs are mated as they should be. One more thought when assembling the pressure plate springs/bolts I like to put the bolts in just finger tight then tighten them, in a star pattern, one turn at a time. That insures that the pressure plate springs are drawn down with even pressure. Failure to do that could result in a broken basket. As you mentioned it is cast aluminum and very brittle and easy to break. Thank you for another great video.
Great video, man. Thank you.