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Gear shifting...Clunky between 2nd and 3rd XJ650..

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by morg65, May 22, 2013.

  1. morg65

    morg65 Member

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    Hi all,
    Had problems recently with contaminated oil...and starter clutch issues. So changed to the correct oil and flushed a number of times.
    Starter clutch is behaving better now but still slips once in a while..Now I notice that shifting from 2nd into third is a bit clunky.. Any ideas.?
    Thanks,
    Morg.
     
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    in my no way expert opinion sounds like a worn shit fork
     
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    What oil is in it now?
     
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    Not sure if it matters but have you examined the grooves on your clutch boss? The splines (grooves) may have a large enough indentation that its causing the friction & steel plates in your clutch assembly to clunk more prevalent ... just a thought I may not be correct... I got myself a different clutch boss for the 550 & smoothed out each groove where the plates ride. Even went to the extent of polishing too which may have been overkill but did notice a difference afterwords. This clunky issue only came up after you changed the oil several time?
     
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    Hi all,
    Someone put synthetic in her on a service which caused all sort of starter clutch problems.
    So I have changed the oil three times now and flusher her out too. She got some fuel in the crank due to a sticky float.
    All this time I am using 20w40 motorbike specific mineral oil.i notice if I go thru the revs a bit more before changing gear the clunk doesn't seem to happen. maybe I'm just changing gear too soon.?
     
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