NEB wet clutch for P11

We do seem to have had slightly different results when it came to installation. A set of instructions would have been nice to have for sure!
 
mdt-son said:
Are you saying your clutch lines up perfectly?

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What I am saying is that I did not find myself needing to build a spacer in the same way that Schwany needed to. My sprocket alignment is not perfect, but it's not far off. At the time I had to stop working on it, I was focused on getting the engine started and had decided to put off the clutch until another time.
 
It's possible that nothing on my P11 is aligned correctly. It was a basket case I put it together in 72 or 74 without an internet Norton guru to guide me on the path of righteousness. I never have looked up where the shims are supposed to be located. I've had the motor out of the frame 3 times but keep putting the cradle shims back in the same uneducated location I put them in originally. I should be ashamed, but for some reason I'm not. ;)
 
Schwany said:
It's possible that nothing on my P11 is aligned correctly. It was a basket case I put it together in 72 or 74 without an internet Norton guru to guide me on the path of righteousness. I never have looked up where the shims are supposed to be located. I've had the motor out of the frame 3 times but keep putting the cradle shims back in the same uneducated location I put them in originally. I should be ashamed, but for some reason I'm not. ;)
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You get no condemnation from me, dude. I fully acknowledge that the internet makes it a lot easier than it used to be to start with a mismatched pile of parts and build a functional motorcycle. Or maybe it just makes it a lot easier to realise just how wrong we can get things and yet still have something that is fun to ride.
 
The design of the NEB clutch would appear to allow it to go into contact with the sleeve gear , light contact probably not a big issue but if any pressure then the selection will suffer . The AMC spider is designed to avoid this ( a poor design that can and does sometimes fail) , the lack of a cush drive must give problems sooner or later .
 
norton bob said:
The design of the NEB clutch would appear to allow it to go into contact with the sleeve gear , light contact probably not a big issue but if any pressure then the selection will suffer . The AMC spider is designed to avoid this ( a poor design that can and does sometimes fail) , the lack of a cush drive must give problems sooner or later .
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Oh boy... As delivered and designed, the clutch has a stop spacer and an end cover bolted into the hub that holds the stop spacer in position. That stop spacer prevents the hub from butting up against the sleeve gear when the clutch is fully torqued down. It does not make contact with the sleeve gear. With my .270" shim the hub was nowhere near making contact, if that is what you are implying was the issue. The AMC clutch is closer to the sleeve gear. Fortunately my old AMC clutch is not worn to the point that it hits the sleeve gear.

The cush drive was not an issue for "me" when the clutch was working as it should. The plates got gummed up and it had a bad hub bearing. That is why the clutch stopped functioning as it should period.

The NEB clutch actually shifted better than the AMC clutch believe it or not. Dropped into first smoothly without any clunk and shifted into every gear up or down without problems. Did that right up until it didn't.
 
I'm using 0-20 synthetic oil instead of ATF in the primary now. The old AMC clutch is getting the job done. I like how it reengages and launches from full stops in first. It's also a little easier to go really slow in first with the heavier clutch. Weird attribute, but useful at times in a tight situation.

Anybody want an NEB clutch cheap?
 

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