Calling all BAKER Gearheads! Class 2 is learning how to do a clutch adjustment. For any further questions please refer to your factory service manual or give us a call at 517-339-3835. www.bakerdrivetrain.com
Hi, I just bought my first Street Glide 2009 and I’m having a problem with the cluth lever being to hard to pull, I asked previous owner and he answered he put a barnnet cluth. When performing a 3 hole oil change I noticed the OEM preasure plate, etc. I did a factory adjustment on clutch and surprise! Adjutment on cable is not enough, I adjuted on clutch basket in order to get the free play, finally it can’t ride the bike because there is not enough play disengage clutch or to safely to do it. I was wonderin what could be the problem?
I find it depressing that the "expert" from Baker Drivetrain didn't use a torque wrench in this video and didn't discuss how important it is to torque bolts and nuts properly. More than half the leakage and operating issues owners have is by doing just what this yahoo did---grab a "custom made" wrench and tighten till he thinks it's tight. He could be way over or way under the required torque for the clutch causing premature wear. That Bert was involved in this is really unbelievable. I'm not a troll looking for issues---I love Baker products and have one on my bike now. I had a Baker Reverse on my 2015 CVO Streetglide and it worked perfectly. When I purchased my 2017 CVO Street Glide it was the first of many parts and accessories I ordered [dealership was also a Baker dealer] . The Reverse now works perfectly after weeks of screwing around with it by the dealership and Baker---because the first and second try resulted in primary oil leaking into the tranny and my clutch suddenly not engaging at all---pretty damn dangerous almost causing a serious wreck both times. Baker said it was due to the new Milwaukee Eight set-up. After watching this I'm wondering if it was just a lack of doing things the right way and not the hack way of performing motorcycle maintenance and repair. Also interesting to note that every Baker product instruction sheet says to torque to x or to follow the factory service manual torque procedures.
Hey Glenn, The point I was trying to make is that no one---no matter how trained and the amount of experience they have----can come close to the actual required torque by feel. Put a bunch of Master Mechanics who have become Instructors and ask them to torque to a certain level and no one gets it right. I saw that proven to me again and again in classes going through MMI [Motorcycle Mechanics Institute] in Phoenix. So when a great company like Baker puts out a video that doesn't follow torque procedures---it just reinforces the bad habit to tighten a bolt to what feels good for the untrained masses. Absolute craziness. Re the leakage---completely separate issue and my point was if they're putting out videos while acting like hacks then maybe that's why it took three times to get it right on the measurements for Reverse on my bike so it wouldn't leak. Torque of bolts on my bike were all done by the dealership and done right.
