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Nightmare

supertedlover

supertedlover

Joined Mar 2008
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Lincolnshire
Changing clutch pressure plate this pm and snapped a stud off in clutch basket :eek, :jack. So mad at myself :rant. Next step to take basket out to get stud out, cant get the main 32mm nut off. any ideas?:confused
2nd time i have threatened the bike with matches.
not good times for me and the millle.
 
Was chatting to a couple of lads in the pub and they said windy gun, i have a compresser so not a problem, do you think it will damage anything, tempted to leave bike to the pros.
 
They would probably use a windy gun on it as soon as you were out of the shop anyway mate. Then tell you they used a specialist tool:biggrin
 
supertedlover said:
Was chatting to a couple of lads in the pub and they said windy gun, i have a compresser so not a problem, do you think it will damage anything, tempted to leave bike to the pros.
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I am glad it is not only me that has arsehole days like this when you start messing with ya pride and joy:eek:
 
i know the feeling...

as somebody else suggested, i would try an impact driver and make damn sure you using the correct sized socket

good luck fella, hope its not too hard to sort
 
nightmare

ok impact driver didnt touch it, so got trusty scaffolding pole out and came off a treat. checked haynes and needs re tightning to 170nm:eek: All back together now but doesnt clear gearsvery well yet clutch seems to bite ok when in gear:confused. Any suggestions, is it take off and start again? I think i feel :puke. Damn bikes.
 
supertedlover said:
ok impact driver didnt touch it, so got trusty scaffolding pole out and came off a treat. checked haynes and needs re tightning to 170nm:eek: All back together now but doesnt clear gearsvery well yet clutch seems to bite ok when in gear:confused. Any suggestions, is it take off and start again? I think i feel :puke. Damn bikes.
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I would inclined to get professional help at this stage. The clutch running ok, is pretty fundamental.:thumbup
 
It may be that now you have brand new clutch plates in that the clutch needs bleeding. Possibly it was opening enough for the old plates to disengage but not enough for new plates to disengage fully, assuming it all went back together correctly of course.
 
went back the way i took it out so am confident its back together ok, am going to bleed the clutch incase it has taken in air while it was in bits. Fun and games.
 
Ok so bled the clutch :thumbup, goes into gear better but is creeping forward with clutch fully in :confused, is also nearly impossible to get into neutral with bike running. matches please!!
 
supertedlover said:
Ok so bled the clutch :thumbup, goes into gear better but is creeping forward with clutch fully in :confused, is also nearly impossible to get into neutral with bike running. matches please!!
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That sounds like a standard Mille clutch.
 
Update, Sent bike to my mechanic and has sorted it with lots of fantastic help from the guys at Southern X, (if your reading thanks a lot) . Havent found out what the exact fault was yet just well chuffed its sorted:doug. Thanks for all your help on here guys, much appreciated :thumbup:thumbup
pick the bike up one day this week when i can slack off early.
 
am well desperate bud, needs fan switch, oil change, coolant change, fan overide switch and maybe new pads before france, cant wait to get out in sun and hear the beast roar, its been ages :roost
 
Yeah my mille the loudest tuono in the land , buell and fazer thou, 2 weeks on thur, somewhere near brittany, cant wait to ride the amazing roads, best be nice weather. Not keen on all the speed cameras over there thou. First time abroad on bike, got my european breakdown cover sorted :thumbup
 
id love to go too,all my mates went to spain on em last year,looked amazing.
just go steady and enjoy taking it all in.itll be fantastic.
 
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Have a safe and enjoyable trip abroad ol mate. May the sun shine down upon yer! Dry roads n blue skies all the way. Enjoy :thumbup
 

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