cf moto clutch By grayfox13 (Read 2,085 times)

[Barnie]

Richard, that rascal is acting little weird. Maybe you were getting an intermiten break in current ocassionaly. Other than that its running ok? Hope so as that pump gave u fits. Your clutch springs may be getting little weak letting the shoes jump out a little bit at a lower rpm. While u got it apart put a new belt on it to, either a Gates or bando. Mine uses an 856-23-30 of which are not sold to many places. JR's parts ref at beginning of the forum tells where to get it and they are expensive. Ride careful. Barnie

[richardthescooter3]

My little demon is still there but not shutting off scoot, I nee to check my ground wires, maybe I got one loose I'd like to solve this problem ;D

[Saber]

Jun 29, 2013 16:03:45 GMT -6 alleyoop said:

No the weaker the CLUTCH springs are the better it will grab. Don't forget the clutch pads get thrown out by centrifigual force so if the springs are strong it takes more rpms to get the pads to get thrown out and grab the bell to turn the wheel. This is very common on the 250+ scoots, and the reason is people start of slow like 5 miles per hour and the like anything the more it weighs the more power has to be applied to the bell from the pads to hold and turn the wheel and move the weight.

So if people would learn to give it some good rpms starting off and then back off the pads will last much longer without getting glazed so quickly. Just take mine TRIKE which by the way is heavier than your 250s, comes in at 350lbs and I weigh 180lbs. But I put in a Performance NCY CLUTCH 2 years ago and JUST 2 months ago it was starting to shudder taking off. I took the clutch off and sanded the pads and I am back in business. BUt I give it throttle to get it moving then you can backoff.
Alleyoop

I fully agree with you but to put this into practice is hard. I live and work in a heavy traffic area. I drive 7 miles to work and I go through 10 stop lights. Most of the time I'm not the first in line and the cars sitting in front of me tend to ease off the line at a snails pace as the car behind me is already up my tail pipe. Has anyone found a better fix then sanding every 200 miles or using bug killer?

[richardthescooter3]

You could try sliders instead of roller weights, they are suppose to give you a smoother take off.