Hi all, just joined forum after having bought yet another Commando, (1977 Interstate), my 4th in all. After months of hunting I got one which I was promised was terrific and did not need anything doing….. wrong!!!!! Shouldn’t have bought it, I restore older bikes as a hobby so you’d have thought I’d have known better, but… you know how it is? Got it home and went through with a fine tooth comb, loads of things wrong , just let’s say RGM are going to get a lot of business, already I have a 12” brake disc kit , carbs, Taylor type headsteady, etc, etc, etc, you get the idea… oh and the tank and side panels are away for paint……I have a question maybe someone can help me with, I felt the clutch wasn’t right so I took it apart only to find there were only 3 plain plates and 4 sureflex and the pressure plate below the spring in the basket, I checked the manuals and net and decided to try the 4 sureflex and 5 plain and press plate, but when I came to adjust the screw I found that I was only left with a couple of threads left at the end where the adjuster goes through the diaphragm, if I loosened it , it wouldn’t actuate, Norvil’s solution was to cut the clutch adjuster rod in half and insert a ¼” ball bearing between the halves, which would give me a decent amount of thread left in the adjuster to fit the nut, it seems a bit drastic, so I’ve gone 4 & 4 on the plates and it seems ok with quite a light lift, does anyone know of a way to do the 5 & 4 maybe using another slightly longer rod from another bike?
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Just get a piece of oil hardening (O-1) rod stock the right size and make your own rod. It would be nice if you could call out the right lengh to someone with a lathe so as to get good squared up ends before you harden the ends. To do this just get them red with a Oxy- torch and quench in used oil.
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Welcome rbt11548,
As the clutch had the 4 friction, 3 plain plates when you stripped it, I'd guess that it has the thicker 750 pressure plate? If you wanted to fit 5 friction and 4 plain plates then you would probably need the thinner 850 pressure plate?
Here's some useful clutch info:
http://www.oldbritts.com/ob_clutch_info.html
http://atlanticgreen.com/ndnsclutch.htm
As the clutch had the 4 friction, 3 plain plates when you stripped it, I'd guess that it has the thicker 750 pressure plate? If you wanted to fit 5 friction and 4 plain plates then you would probably need the thinner 850 pressure plate?
Here's some useful clutch info:
http://www.oldbritts.com/ob_clutch_info.html
http://atlanticgreen.com/ndnsclutch.htm
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