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Hi, is slop bach and forth normal for the secondary on the shaft, Its moving back and forth a good 3/4 inch or so. Is it supposed to be tight with no movement ? Your help is appreciated. 2000 sx700r, stock. Thanks !
 

If the sled has reverse...the secondary will have quite a bit of rotational slack...but the chain tension should still be checked.
If the secondary moves in and out on the the jack shaft 3/4" or so that sounds excessive.

Bob
 
Just a question
Does it really matter?
As long a the clutch is just moving on the shaft won't the belt make it follow the primary?
Just curious
 
KEVIN said:
Just a question
Does it really matter?
As long a the clutch is just moving on the shaft won't the belt make it follow the primary?
Just curious
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with 3/4" slop..are you kidding.You would be just waiting for the secondary to explode at one point or the Belt blow on you.The secondary really doesn't slide that easily on shaft once the engagement is happening,could have belt running off line also..
 
with that much slop the shaft has to be moving out.The setscrews may not be holding on exterior bearing and the gear is slowly coming of the shaft in the chaincase from bolt falling off..who knows.Has to be looked into because there is no way you should have 3/4 play...a diaster waiting to happen...

PS: We have snow coming next week and down to -15 temps..woo-hoooo!!
 
I believe you are referring to the free play between the shims behind the secondary and the bolt. Some people run with a lot of extra side to side play on the secondary. The theory was that it was just a fail safe to achieve proper offset. Just make sure the clutch cannot contact the bearing housing. And of course even with the extra play make sure it does fall into proper offset. I usually give about 10mm play back and forth on the shaft.

Kevin: The answer is no it really doesn't matter. The belt will keep it in alignment. It can be a little noisier with the shims moving around.
 
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Well Blue, I was off on my measurement, it's close to what u said
, a little more then 1/8 inch, but now I'm concerned about the comment that it's not supposed to hit the housing, thats what's stopping it, I'm new to this so bear with me, a real dumb question though, is the secondary called a clutch too ? He said the "clutch" cannot hit the bearing housin
 
Although often referred to as a clutch it is more accurately a torque converter. It is load sensing both from the primary clutch and from what the track is doing.

Is there any way you could post up some pics of where it is hitting? You should have a couple of shims on the jack shaft itself between the secondary and the bearing. So depending on how you look at it, it will back up to the housing. Hard for me to explain. Sorry.

A picture would be best.
 
Vtnaples said:
Well Blue, I was off on my measurement, it's close to what u said
, a little more then 1/8 inch, but now I'm concerned about the comment that it's not supposed to hit the housing, thats what's stopping it, I'm new to this so bear with me, a real dumb question though, is the secondary called a clutch too ? He said the "clutch" cannot hit the bearing housin
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get a pic or two or better yet a video of it.Are the 2 retainer brackets for the outside bearing mounted on the inside of the frame.I once installed one bracket outside and my secondary was grinding away on the side ..had to replace my brackets with new eventually.
 
referring to the secondary bearing how are you supposed to know if its tightened at the right spot ??? Because i just did mine and now have zero float play on my secondary ..
 
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