I have an 2004 TC250 and the clutch doesn't seem to fully disengage when I pull the lever. I initially thought i needed to bleed the hydraulics, but that didn't yield any results.
Second thought was that the plates may be warped, so on a whim while changing my oil last night I pulled the cover and the discs out. All the discs appeared flat (didnt take time to mic them for flatness), and the clutch actuation seemed to be normal. The thing that did stand out, however, was the slots in the basket appeared to be notched where each of the teeth in the plates would engage. This eemed like the obvious answer, but after more thought, it may not be. It seems that if the notches were the issue, the plates would either get stuck in the notches and not release at all, ornot get stuck in the notches and release normally, instead of conisitently partially releasing. Ive attached a picture below for reference.
Also, what type of maintenance schedule do you guys go by? Ive been doing oil about every 200 miles with valves checks every other. Im not sure if this is massively over-kill or not frequent enough....
And lastly, where I would expect to see an oil sight window, there appears to be a peice of aluminum sheet metal bolted in place of it. Im thinking this is some sort of hillbilly fix by the PO to fix a cracked window or something, or am i wrong and these bikes dont have sight windows because they have drysumps?
Sorry for the long post, and thankks in advance for any advice.
Second thought was that the plates may be warped, so on a whim while changing my oil last night I pulled the cover and the discs out. All the discs appeared flat (didnt take time to mic them for flatness), and the clutch actuation seemed to be normal. The thing that did stand out, however, was the slots in the basket appeared to be notched where each of the teeth in the plates would engage. This eemed like the obvious answer, but after more thought, it may not be. It seems that if the notches were the issue, the plates would either get stuck in the notches and not release at all, ornot get stuck in the notches and release normally, instead of conisitently partially releasing. Ive attached a picture below for reference.
Also, what type of maintenance schedule do you guys go by? Ive been doing oil about every 200 miles with valves checks every other. Im not sure if this is massively over-kill or not frequent enough....
And lastly, where I would expect to see an oil sight window, there appears to be a peice of aluminum sheet metal bolted in place of it. Im thinking this is some sort of hillbilly fix by the PO to fix a cracked window or something, or am i wrong and these bikes dont have sight windows because they have drysumps?
Sorry for the long post, and thankks in advance for any advice.