08 rattling clutch ?

[Rocketman]

Sorry to be a pain people , I have a slight rattling at tick over which has come on over the last 5k ,pull in the clutch and it disappears let clutch back out and starts again .
Bikes an 08 with 37k any ideas folks

 

[Delboy777]

Thrust bearing.

 

[Rocketman]

Thrust bearing.

Easy fix ? Or a job for a more qualified fella ?

 

[younger06]

Anything to do with the clutch or gearbox, I think it's a split the bike in half kinda job.

 

[Delboy777]

Easy fix ? Or a job for a more qualified fella ?

Unless you have the spannering skills, id leave it to a pro. You might as well replace the clutch and pressure plate while you are in there. Budget around £700 smackeroonies from a main stealer. Indy will be cheaper I think.

 

[Rocketman]

Ride it until something goes maybe ? By the time I'm finished I would of nearly re built this bike from the ground up ,suspension ,fd rebuild now clutch pending soon .
I still love it and every mile I do on it

 

[Rocketman]

I'm glad I went for a bike with no abs not a lot to go wrong I thought

 

[Steptoe]

Thrust bearing.

It's not the thrust bearing making the noise.

Unless you have the spannering skills, id leave it to a pro. You might as well replace the clutch and pressure plate while you are in there. Budget around £700 smackeroonies from a main stealer. Indy will be cheaper I think.

The thrust bearing is part of the clutch slave cylinder which is on the back of the gearbox and held in place with two bolts and is a very simple job to replace .

 

[timeandtide]

It's not the thrust bearing making the noise.

The thrust bearing is part of the clutch slave cylinder which is on the back of the gearbox and held in place with two bolts and is a very simple job to replace .

Get it over to Mikeyboy.
Just replaced the clutch on mine at pretty well exactly the same mileage.

 

[Rocketman]

Get it over to Mikeyboy.
Just replaced the clutch on mine at pretty well exactly the same mileage.

If it is my clutch Jesus I was hoping to get a few more miles out of it before having to replace , I've read about guys getting upto 70 or 80k .
It must be all the two up riding that's giving the bike a harder life than normal maybe

 

[rocky burns]

It's not the clutch or the thrust bearing.
It will be the push rod that's rattling as they wear. Just ride it

 

[Rocketman]

It's not the clutch or the thrust bearing.
It will be the push rod that's rattling as they wear. Just ride it

Don't worry rocky I Was planning to ,off to ireland in a few weeks for a good thrash around the northern coast

 

[Steptoe]

It's not the clutch or the thrust bearing.
It will be the push rod that's rattling as they wear. Just ride it

In one...... He'll only need a clutch if it's slipping, and it isn't

 

[Bendy toy]

I have the same but further developed.
It's not the clutch
It's not the push rod
It's not the pushrod felt pad
It's not the slave cylinder or the thrust bearing.
It does not clatter when clutch is open so it's not the clutch.

It's the gearbox input shaft. Which runs free in neutral but gets damped when clutch lever is pulled.
Mine will rattle if I click the bike into neutral while rolling along slowly. A bit annoying but no big deal.



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[Beemerman59]

Same here, '08 GSA 39K miles. It's been doing this the last 25K miles or so. Just ride it.

 

[timeandtide]

If it is my clutch Jesus I was hoping to get a few more miles out of it before having to replace , I've read about guys getting upto 70 or 80k .
It must be all the two up riding that's giving the bike a harder life than normal maybe

Mine was slipping slightly due, Mike said, to misting through one of the seals which had contaminated the clutch plate.

 

[tuftywhite]

Just get some ear plugs.

 

[Delboy777]

It's not the thrust bearing making the noise.

The thrust bearing is part of the clutch slave cylinder which is on the back of the gearbox and held in place with two bolts and is a very simple job to replace .

I stand corrected oh great one !

 

[Rocketman]

Just get some ear plugs.

At tick over it is still audible even with plugs in , no matter though I'm just going to keep banging the miles in

 

[Bendy toy]

Replace crank seal and get the gearbox end float sorted when you have the clutch done. Otherwise the new clutch will go the same way. Mike will sort it.

At tick over it is still audible even with plugs in , no matter though I'm just going to keep banging the miles in

Mine as well, but it will carry on until I can either rebuild the gearbox or get a used replacement. I would like one with the lower first gear as used on some GSAs.