Well done sir! My 1965 Matchless G15 clutch drags alternately (not every time) when I engage first gear. Otherwise it shifts fine. It’s the weirdness of why it drags sometimes and sometimes not that is disturbing. It started doing this about 40 or 50 miles ago. The machine has a belt primary drive. Brian Paterson in Winnipeg, Canada
Thank you for taking the time to make this matter more clear and easy to understand than I have ever seen it done before. Your use of a rig, enabling everything to be seen, is wonderful. The only observation I may make is that a mild steel push rod of around nine inches in length will gain around 12 thou. in its length, when the temperature rises from, say 12 degrees C to an operating 140 degrees C. There will still be clearance, using a 1/4 turn out on the adjuster but not too much! Thank you, again for explaining it so clearly.
I was referring to the temperature of the push rod, inside the gearbox shaft in the gearbox. Temperatures in that environment will regularly rise to well above 100 degrees Celsius on runs longer than 30 minutes.
Greetings Mr. Dick Casey: better explanation than yours, only with the designer of the Burman clutch. Super soft and effective. I never worried, when I still didn't have the minimum knowledge about motorcycles at the age of 20, this was in 1970. The precision in measures with which you narrate the regulation, brings us all the ease and the certainty that nothing is wrong. I own an Ariel Twin model 500 KH year 1952 already owned by third parties with 25 years of use with the weak magnet. It was the motorcycle that gave me the greatest pleasure thanks to its extreme handling and low weight with the small Anstey suspension at the rear. I was very happy that you appreciate Ariel models. They were not English supremacy, but they were simple and less costly to acquire. It got very hot here in the tropical climate of Brazil when requested. However, when I owned it, I was happy and didn't know it! VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WONDERFUL AND HIGH COMPETENCE EXPLANATIONS!
Sr. Gobbo... you and I share music in common. We grew up with English motorcycles, are about the same age, and I grew up in the jungles of Panama. Stay safe...DC
@@TheRideNut Nice time, Mr. Dick Casey. Motorcycles arrived by ship and were within reach of Latinos' wallets. Even if they were quoted in British Pounds. I'm here in Brazil, Paraná state, Ponta Grossa city, always watching with special interest your articles showing high knowledge in motorcycle mechanics and electricity, as well as Industrial Mechanics. Always Grateful! I ask that one of these days, speak with the same precision about trapezoidal front suspension with bushings, springs and friction dampers. See what a beautiful example of the Ariel 4-valve, single cylinder. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vIISc9W9pqI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AAORVsfNzl0.html
Excellent just what I was searching for I've got a crunchy first gear, just need to know correct procedure for tightening the springs as contradictory information out there
