Originally Posted by justforfun
Hello people
I have bought the serpent 710 ith the Centax III clutch. I have some guestions about assembeling the thing.
I have shimmed the clutchbell at 0.6\0.7 mm and then started to look at the endplay, with everything installed and clutchbell play set like above i want to shim the endplay. It say's in the manual "reduce the endplay to minimal with the use off shims right after the springnut", so i need to shim it so that the clutchbell has minimal movement on the crankshaft axel? I ask this because the clutchbell can move over 1mm on the shaft? Do i need to shim it so that the clutchbell has minimal movement? If yes, doesnt that affect the clutchbell setting off 0.6\0.7mm ??
Maybe a dumb question but i find it difficult to read exactly what the manual means with endplay (Me being dutch with a englisch manual can cause this)
Thanks for any advice on this!!
Ron
Hi Ron,
With all of the Centax clutches, including the Centax-3, you need to eliminate most of the endplay. Do it this way... when the clutch is all assembled, try pulling/pushing the clutchbell. It should move only a very slight amount. If it moves more, the endplay (axial endplay) is too much and will cause all sorts of problems. Add the tiny shims onto the crankshaft in front of the flywheel nut (and behind the 1st bearing) to remove all but a tiny bit of endplay... what you want to do is ensure that the clutchbell is nearly "frozen in place" on the crankshaft (with just a bit of play).
Adjusting endplay to minimal has absolutely no effect on the clutch gap you set earlier (with shims near the thrustbearing).
As Jag mentioned, I have written a few articles on myTSN to help de-mystify clutch setup. I hope it helps...
Jag, thanks for the kind words!
Cheers, all !