Bikebone
XS400 Member
First time in the forum. Hello everyone, glad to be part of this group of Yamaha enthusiast. My son and recently bought a 1980 Yamaha xs400 and started wrenching on it to bring it back to life. Discovered this forum and has been very helpful. Glad to be a part of it.
Current issue: my son has been riding the bike for a week, today he informed me the clutch handle was very difficult to squeeze. I went through the manual and read the instructions to adjust the clutch. The manual told me to screw the cable tensioner in so the handle had freeplay, then pop the cover off the locking nut and screw adjuster slot. Then unscrew the locking nut and turn the screw clockwise until you felt a bit resistance then turn it counterclockwise 1/4 turn. All was going well until I went to unscrew the locking nut. I was using pressure to turn it counterclockwise, there was movement in the clutch, but the nut wouldn't break free.....not sure if this if normal. So then I went back to the cable to put it back into position, it was very tight with tension, more than before I started. I was curious about the clutch at that point to I rode the bike, the clutch was barely engaging. So my question: should I keep applying pressure to the locking nut until it breaks free or will I make matters worse.
Current issue: my son has been riding the bike for a week, today he informed me the clutch handle was very difficult to squeeze. I went through the manual and read the instructions to adjust the clutch. The manual told me to screw the cable tensioner in so the handle had freeplay, then pop the cover off the locking nut and screw adjuster slot. Then unscrew the locking nut and turn the screw clockwise until you felt a bit resistance then turn it counterclockwise 1/4 turn. All was going well until I went to unscrew the locking nut. I was using pressure to turn it counterclockwise, there was movement in the clutch, but the nut wouldn't break free.....not sure if this if normal. So then I went back to the cable to put it back into position, it was very tight with tension, more than before I started. I was curious about the clutch at that point to I rode the bike, the clutch was barely engaging. So my question: should I keep applying pressure to the locking nut until it breaks free or will I make matters worse.