Some days, you shouldn't try to do too much. Yesterday I tore into my bike for the first time. Replaced the air filter, brake pads, did brake flush, and lubed the throttle cable. Since I was already that far into tearing the bike apart, I decided to adjust the clutch cable as described in my Clymer.
Everything went fine until I loosened the locknut and tried adjusting the adjusting screw. I backed it out a few turns first, then it says to screw it in until "it begins to meet high resistance". When I backed the screw out, there was no resistance. After a few twists, I encountered very light resistance. After several more turns, I still only encountered the light resistance. I backed it out and tried again a few more times. I'm afraid that I screwed it in too much at one point.
Somehow during this, I managed to strip the locknut and wasn't able to get it off the adjusting screw by the time it got dark. I put the seat and tank back on and started the bike up to find that it won't go into gear (which didn't surprise me). Can someone help me out? I'm going to buy a new locknut tonight to replace the stripped one; hopefully the adjusting screw is ok. How do I fix this?
Neither the Clymer nor Haynes manuals mention exactly what the adjustment screw adjusts. I was thrown off by only meeting very light resistance as I was screwing it in; is that normal? I'll check around the forum later today for a clutch adjustment FAQ, but in the meantime, could someone explain what the adjusting screw does and if it's attached to the clutch cable?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Everything went fine until I loosened the locknut and tried adjusting the adjusting screw. I backed it out a few turns first, then it says to screw it in until "it begins to meet high resistance". When I backed the screw out, there was no resistance. After a few twists, I encountered very light resistance. After several more turns, I still only encountered the light resistance. I backed it out and tried again a few more times. I'm afraid that I screwed it in too much at one point.
Somehow during this, I managed to strip the locknut and wasn't able to get it off the adjusting screw by the time it got dark. I put the seat and tank back on and started the bike up to find that it won't go into gear (which didn't surprise me). Can someone help me out? I'm going to buy a new locknut tonight to replace the stripped one; hopefully the adjusting screw is ok. How do I fix this?
Neither the Clymer nor Haynes manuals mention exactly what the adjustment screw adjusts. I was thrown off by only meeting very light resistance as I was screwing it in; is that normal? I'll check around the forum later today for a clutch adjustment FAQ, but in the meantime, could someone explain what the adjusting screw does and if it's attached to the clutch cable?
Thanks in advance for the help!
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