Originally Posted by
Roelof
Adjustments to clutch and gearbox are needed to suit the track, also when different gears are used it will affect the shift moment.
Regarding the clutch, probably you have set a too large gap, the gap is the distance of the shoe to the clutchbell and requires the right way of measurements and shimming. Look up the Youtube video by Michael Salven about the Centax clutch.
OK, watching Michael Slaven's video really, really helped me understand a few things.
The key takeaway for me is that there is a difference in the gap and "play". On page 34 of the manual, Step 60: "Step A" looks like that's the gap, and "Step B" is the play. As Salven demonstrates, he gets the gap set first (without bearings in), then adjusts for play after the bearings are installed. How I got so mixed up, was I was trying to shim and adjust all at once in one step.
I usually like to learn from reading rather than watching videos, but this time, watching Salven build his clutch really cleared things up for me.
Thanks for the useful information. I'm going to watch some of his other videos.