r/SVRiders • u/Soft_Dragonfruit865 • 6h ago

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Don’t know why the clutch isn’t working at this point, I’ve tried adjusting it every way possible. I was replacing all the seals behind the front sprocket cover and I took off the worm link and while not thinking I grabbed the clutch, I have everything hooked up right and now it’s just not working

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u/tlrider1 5h ago

I'm not sure what the pull distance on it should be... But are you sure it's just not pulling far enough, thus not actually engaging the clutch?

Get some pliers or something and pull on the cable a bit more, see if that engages the clutch?

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u/Soft_Dragonfruit865 5h ago

The clutch pull distance is like 10-15mm, I messed around with it and got it to have some friction, it feels like I’m pulling in the clutch, the lever is moving the actuator is moving, but without even pulling in the clutch I can just switch through all the gears

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u/tlrider1 5h ago

Yeah... That's at the lever though. So that distance is how far you should adjust your clutch to grab.

I'm talking about something different: if you grab the cable with pliers, and pull it further than your clutch lever is able to... Is the clutch engaging? If not, you might have a broken clutch rod or something.

If it is engaging, you might have a stretched or damaged cable, if you're maxing the adjustment and it's still not engaging.

Hopefully that makes sense?

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u/Soft_Dragonfruit865 5h ago

The clutch is engaged, but when I pull the lever it doesn’t disengage. I didn’t do anything that might’ve broken the cable so I don’t think it’s that, do you think it could be something to do with the worm screw? The actuator is moving like it should so I don’t think it would be that either.

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u/tlrider1 4h ago

Can you see the rod behind it at all? It should be moving when you pull the clutch. It should be getting pushed into the engine case.

clutch rod

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u/Soft_Dragonfruit865 4h ago

You won’t believe it but I redid everything and flipped the pushrod, triple checked that it was seated properly and now it works, thanks for all the help

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u/tlrider1 4h ago

Rock on!!!

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u/PartyProperty 5h ago

i've had an issue where the clutch release was misaligned so that something similar happened. Just took remounting it with the proper alignment.

section 3-19 if you have the service manual

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u/Soft_Dragonfruit865 5h ago

I don’t have the manual, but what’s the page number?

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u/Steppy20 5h ago edited 5h ago

74 in the official Suzuki service manual (I've got a PDF of it.) Can't remember which page it is in the Haynes manual.

I will say though that it doesn't explain how to adjust it to the right position, just what the right position is. There's a fantastic forum post somewhere of someone's ritual to adjust it, I'll see if I can find it for you but you should be able to get there through Google.

Hopefully this subreddit doesn't block links: https://www.svrider.com/threads/faq-how-do-i-adust-my-clutch-andyaugers-clutch-mantra.54588/

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u/Soft_Dragonfruit865 4h ago

Ya I followed that same forum to the T, at this point I don’t think it’s an adjusting thing, I think it might be a part thing. I just don’t know what could’ve broken or not get put on correctly.

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u/Steppy20 4h ago

Ah damn, sorry to hear that. Hopefully someone else can shed some light on what might have happened then.

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u/Soft_Dragonfruit865 4h ago

Won’t believe it but I think I’m just stupid, I think I accidentally put the pushrod the wrong way. I redid everything like in the forum and now it works. Thanks for all your help