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zgringo555
5/30/2021 1:57pm
5/30/2021 1:57pm
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9/14/2021 7:02am
Has anybody on here had issues burning clutches out on the new hydraulic clutch?
The easy fix is replace the plates every 10 hours, the better fix is putting a 2020 clutch in it. The best fix is a Hinson 5 spring setup or Rekluse torqdrive from a 2020, but there aren’t many of those in stock anywhere right now.
The bike is awesome and you're making me worried.
The Shop
It's definitely an issue mate bikes just done over 10 hours with an 56kg rider on!
The diaphragm spring clutch on the 2021 will still wreck any brand of plates if they’re not regularly changed out.
I personally didn’t have an issue but it was in the back of my head every time I went riding until I swapped out for a Hinson 5 spring setup
No stiffer option for the 250. You only need the inner hub and pressure plate, then obviously a plate and fiber kit. The oem ones aren't priced outrageous but it’s tough to find anything in stock right now.
Pit Row
If stack height is not enough you give up a lot of pressure and get a harder lifting action, clutch slip will result.
If stack height is too high you are already over the point of max tension so the clutch will not be able to hold the power of bike.
If the d-spring is already selected too weak from the factory no stack height will help.
The compensating port- the small hole just forward of the piston seal in the master cylinder body may be covered and the expanding fluid- and bubbles are not escaping into the reservoir. At rest that hole must be uncovered.
Illustration is obviously not KX250.
In this specific case, the master cylinder/hydraulic portion is working fine. This is a known issue within Team Green and Kawasaki, and while they haven’t recognized it publicly as an issue with a recall, the “recommended” fix is to swap to a 2020 style 5-spring clutch. End of story.
Without doing anything else within the system, I have done this swap on 2 bikes, as well as my own and the issue has gone away. Talk to almost anyone building these engines, or pro circuit, or team green, they will tell you the same.
I am wondering if the dealership possibly placed it all back together without checking that spec and you have an out of spec clutch pack.
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