Serpent 733 1/10 200mm touring
#2791
#2792
#2800
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#2801
Tech Initiate
Centax 3 Clutch issue
Hi All,
I cannot get my clutch to engage properly, I've tried everything. I got the kit with the fly weights with the hole in the wrong end. I tried drilling holes and putting weights in the other end, without luck. I tried filing the other face to 45 deg, and put the fly weights the "right way" in (so they were trailing), it still did not engage. Now I tried putting them in between the pins, still don't work
The clutch gap is approx 0.2 - 0.3 mm, end play about 0.1, and the spring retainer is backed off as far up as it can go, without protruding the threads on the center sleeve.
What can be wrong? I am still running in the engine, so I don't want to over rev it. Do I have to accelerate quickly for the clutch to engage? Or, to ask the same question a little bit different; If I don't accelerate quickly, will the clutch only slip and partially engage? Or should it still engage fully even though I accelerate slowly? (I thought that given enough rpm, the clutch would engage no matter what...)
Please help me, my car has just been sitting on my desk for 4 weeks now, I still haven't been able to drive it because of the clutch issue
I cannot get my clutch to engage properly, I've tried everything. I got the kit with the fly weights with the hole in the wrong end. I tried drilling holes and putting weights in the other end, without luck. I tried filing the other face to 45 deg, and put the fly weights the "right way" in (so they were trailing), it still did not engage. Now I tried putting them in between the pins, still don't work
The clutch gap is approx 0.2 - 0.3 mm, end play about 0.1, and the spring retainer is backed off as far up as it can go, without protruding the threads on the center sleeve.
What can be wrong? I am still running in the engine, so I don't want to over rev it. Do I have to accelerate quickly for the clutch to engage? Or, to ask the same question a little bit different; If I don't accelerate quickly, will the clutch only slip and partially engage? Or should it still engage fully even though I accelerate slowly? (I thought that given enough rpm, the clutch would engage no matter what...)
Please help me, my car has just been sitting on my desk for 4 weeks now, I still haven't been able to drive it because of the clutch issue
#2802
Hi All,
I cannot get my clutch to engage properly, I've tried everything. I got the kit with the fly weights with the hole in the wrong end. I tried drilling holes and putting weights in the other end, without luck. I tried filing the other face to 45 deg, and put the fly weights the "right way" in (so they were trailing), it still did not engage. Now I tried putting them in between the pins, still don't work
The clutch gap is approx 0.2 - 0.3 mm, end play about 0.1, and the spring retainer is backed off as far up as it can go, without protruding the threads on the center sleeve.
What can be wrong? I am still running in the engine, so I don't want to over rev it. Do I have to accelerate quickly for the clutch to engage? Or, to ask the same question a little bit different; If I don't accelerate quickly, will the clutch only slip and partially engage? Or should it still engage fully even though I accelerate slowly? (I thought that given enough rpm, the clutch would engage no matter what...)
Please help me, my car has just been sitting on my desk for 4 weeks now, I still haven't been able to drive it because of the clutch issue
I cannot get my clutch to engage properly, I've tried everything. I got the kit with the fly weights with the hole in the wrong end. I tried drilling holes and putting weights in the other end, without luck. I tried filing the other face to 45 deg, and put the fly weights the "right way" in (so they were trailing), it still did not engage. Now I tried putting them in between the pins, still don't work
The clutch gap is approx 0.2 - 0.3 mm, end play about 0.1, and the spring retainer is backed off as far up as it can go, without protruding the threads on the center sleeve.
What can be wrong? I am still running in the engine, so I don't want to over rev it. Do I have to accelerate quickly for the clutch to engage? Or, to ask the same question a little bit different; If I don't accelerate quickly, will the clutch only slip and partially engage? Or should it still engage fully even though I accelerate slowly? (I thought that given enough rpm, the clutch would engage no matter what...)
Please help me, my car has just been sitting on my desk for 4 weeks now, I still haven't been able to drive it because of the clutch issue
0.2-0.3mm and spring as soft as it can, i cant see another reason for the
clutch not engaging. Unless the engine is way too rich.
#2803
Tech Elite
Hi All,
I cannot get my clutch to engage properly, I've tried everything. I got the kit with the fly weights with the hole in the wrong end. I tried drilling holes and putting weights in the other end, without luck. I tried filing the other face to 45 deg, and put the fly weights the "right way" in (so they were trailing), it still did not engage. Now I tried putting them in between the pins, still don't work
The clutch gap is approx 0.2 - 0.3 mm, end play about 0.1, and the spring retainer is backed off as far up as it can go, without protruding the threads on the center sleeve.
What can be wrong? I am still running in the engine, so I don't want to over rev it. Do I have to accelerate quickly for the clutch to engage? Or, to ask the same question a little bit different; If I don't accelerate quickly, will the clutch only slip and partially engage? Or should it still engage fully even though I accelerate slowly? (I thought that given enough rpm, the clutch would engage no matter what...)
Please help me, my car has just been sitting on my desk for 4 weeks now, I still haven't been able to drive it because of the clutch issue
I cannot get my clutch to engage properly, I've tried everything. I got the kit with the fly weights with the hole in the wrong end. I tried drilling holes and putting weights in the other end, without luck. I tried filing the other face to 45 deg, and put the fly weights the "right way" in (so they were trailing), it still did not engage. Now I tried putting them in between the pins, still don't work
The clutch gap is approx 0.2 - 0.3 mm, end play about 0.1, and the spring retainer is backed off as far up as it can go, without protruding the threads on the center sleeve.
What can be wrong? I am still running in the engine, so I don't want to over rev it. Do I have to accelerate quickly for the clutch to engage? Or, to ask the same question a little bit different; If I don't accelerate quickly, will the clutch only slip and partially engage? Or should it still engage fully even though I accelerate slowly? (I thought that given enough rpm, the clutch would engage no matter what...)
Please help me, my car has just been sitting on my desk for 4 weeks now, I still haven't been able to drive it because of the clutch issue
DJ Apolaro
#2804
DJ is right, but i would like to add that if the spring nut is not tightened down far enough; it'll be hitting onto the clutch bell. you'll notice it when you put on the bell without the inner bearing (when you're setting the gap).
#2805
Tech Champion
iTrader: (3)
Serpent Fan, you mentioned that you are still "running in" your engine correct? if that is true then yes no matter what you do it will not engage if the engine is running too "RICH" you have to lean it out a little bit until the engine produces enough RPM in order for the clutch to engage, just remember that the flyweights are centrifugal and needs a certain RPM to have the momentum to swing out and push the clutch shoe against the clutch bell. hope this helps.