Anyone got any helpful suggestions...

[Geordie Steve]

on how to free up a sticking clutch?

It's not a beemer - it's my little CG125, so we're talking a wet multi-plate clutch (and a fairly small one at that).

It's been stood neglected for a couple of months, and no amount of rocking the bike in first gear seems to help. I also tried leaving it overnight with a bungee tied around the lever to see if I could persuade the plates to free off, but no joy so far. I've never known a clutch stick so firmly...

It was working fine before xmas and it hasn't been on the road since, so it's not a question of mechanical damage or incorrect re-assembly. And I would really like to avoid having to drain the oil and take it to bits again!

Any ideas pleez??

 

[turnipbmw]

try bump starting and ride it for a while

 

[DrFarkoff]

Run it till it gets warm and the oil thins up a bit, then try the bumping in gear and all that stuff? The heat etc may also help

If that fails go on run and once hot pull in clutch and bang back brake on and off (carefully!!!!on a downhill bit where there's no traffic

Either that or take off the side and strip the wee beggar off and split the plates manually!

 

[Timolgra]

Put the front wheel up against a wall, rev the nuts off it and bang it into first gear

 

[snoopy]

As a previous owner of a CG125 I have the best advice thus far.

Run it off a pier.

 

[PIGGLET]

Put the front wheel up against a wall, rev the nuts off it and bang it into first gear

+1. Crossers do it quite regularly. Avoid the wall for added excitement

 

[Geordie Steve]

Thanks guys,

I'll have a go at running it in the garage and banging it into gear first... it's not taxed/tested etc so I'll try to avoid taking it on the road just yet.

<Put the front wheel up against a wall, rev the nuts off it and bang it into first gear>

This should either do the trick or wreck the gearbox but it's probably the way to go. It's got a rumbling gearbox bearing so it'll need a strip down sometime soon anyway - might as well make it a biggie...

If I still lived in Whitley Bay I might be tempted to follow Snoopy's advice

 

[hovis]

sticking clutch

This normally works .
Bump start the bike, in first or second gear ride it round with the clutch pulled in blip the throttle quickly and it will free off. this way there is less chance or doing damage to the g/box
Cheers Hovis

 

[Underwatergoat]

This normally works .
Bump start the bike, in first or second gear ride it round with the clutch pulled in blip the throttle quickly and it will free off. this way there is less chance or doing damage to the g/box
Cheers Hovis

Yeah that's what I'd do.

 

[Geordie Steve]

This normally works .
Bump start the bike, in first or second gear ride it round with the clutch pulled in blip the throttle quickly and it will free off. this way there is less chance or doing damage to the g/box
Cheers Hovis

I like that idea - thanks. I'll give it a go sometime this weekend. Do you reckon the the clutch might be sticking so badly because it's completely worn to buggery anyway?

Just wondering if I should bite the bullet & strip it anyway... but I'll try the above first in any case.

Thanks everyone...