Nice, would have never thought about that. I build street legal motorcycles with predator 420s all the time and have used clutches In those builds. The one thing I learned is that gearing is everything, if that is wrong you will destroy clutches quickly! I run a 6.0 gear ratio on all of my builds and that provides good middle ground for acceleration and top speed. That's running 24in rear tires on the bikes.
I have a 301 ct200 14t clutch and 60t rear sprocket. My clutch was smoking on the first ride after installing the new one I bought it with a burnt up clutch coincidentally. Would the spring hack fix that and could my gearing be better?
Yes you can do that, I tried to see if this worked without having to do more work. I’m sure that can be better it was just easier to do only the spring
Thanks bro I’ve had a lot of clutches and got rid of a lot have a 440 Dormax and blew the close out all night and now that’s in your video I can save myself a lot of money just by taking it apart and rebuild it back just buy a clip of a spring that’s crazy thank you and God bless
Great video👍, a lot of these clutches come shipped with little to no grease, which is why they burn out quickly as well plus You can drill small holes on the outside shell to keep the clutch cool not on the side where the pads grip tho
Thank you! I appreciate you watching. They really do burn so fast, I’ve heard of the holes for cooling but I’ve never done it. I probably will try it so it can help me with cooling it off.
Had to learn cause I was spending to much money for clutches I was burning clutch out 1 to 3 days of riding!!!! I have no problem and I change my gearing
Definitely, I’ve seen so many people say they can’t find a good reliable clutch for their big blocks but I found that most of the Amazon clutches are getting burned just idling since they engage at pretty low rpm’s.
@@Smoothridinminibikes raising the rpm engagement point in this case just frees up the clutch from wearing out at idle since the bike wants to go on its own. Also it can allow you to accelerate a little quicker off the line since your motor will be at a higher rpm when taking off.
The motor wasn’t adjusted there but I did it the next day now the chain has good tension. The chain/back wheel was spinning because the chain was still rubbing with the shaft of the motor as it was spinning but I just did that for testing purposes, once I put the chain back on the clutch and got the chain tensioned I had no problems with it rolling.
Like miles per tank I’m not sure I’ve never ran it with the stock gas tank. If you mean life of motor, this is the first one I’ve ever ran but I know someone who has a predator big block water pump and it’s been running good for couple years. I’m sure they’re very dependable
These clutches engage at a very very low rpm so even at a low idle almost even shutting off it would still engage. I tried lowering the idea so low to where it’s almost shutting off and still the clutch turned completely.
