• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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clutch help

MXRider

MXRider

Husqvarna
A Class
Im a new owner of a 2009 SM450R and I need a bit of help.
my clutch wont fully disengage, so shifting from 1st to neutral while stopped is impossible.
bike has 270 miles on it, and the issue has been there since mile 1.
I thought it might work itself out, but no luck.

I have bled the clutch, and the problem remains.
the clutch does not lose fluid, so I kind of doubt its the seal on the slave cylinder, but maybe someone else knows.

really want to get this sorted by next weekend for the bikes first trackday at Beaver Run.

thanks for any help :cheers:

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Does the lever feel like it has the right amount of pressure? If so, what kind of motor oil are you running? Perhaps change it out. Is the bike under any kind of warranty? I'd take it back to the dealer if that's where you bought it from. Maybe the plates are just stuck from sitting and need to be manually separated and cleaned up.
 
lever feels just like my KTM SXF ( I know what a flat magura lever feels like )

oil is Motorex 4T cross power 10W60.
already done 2 oil changes.

I would rather not go through the dealer as they are very incompetent in the service end, and I dont feel like giving them the bike for almost a month. AGAIN.....
my next step is to pull the clutch cover and inspect the springs, plates and basket.
 
May or may not be worth mentioning but many users on here have suggested to set the idle speed higher than manual recommended to help prevent slow woods riding stalling. I tried that myself and had a bit of a harder time getting my bike in neutral. Plus when it was in neutral and I shift to first it developed quite a metal to metal klunk. I reduced the idle to around 1600 ish and it shifts and finds neutral better now.
 
I think alot of the Huskies can just be plain stubborn about finding neutrel.. I ussualy grab it just before I roll to a stop on my 610 because of the same thing.
 
Try creeping the clutch when you are stopped. Sometimes it just needs a little nudge to take the load off the CS. Also practice getting the bike to neutral before stopping. I have noticed that the thinner the oil, the harder it is to shift and find neutral. I started with dino rotella, then to syn rotella. It was a noticable change for the worse in shifting and going into nuetal. I just changed back to dino rotella and all is better.
 
JasonfromMN;91873 said:
May or may not be worth mentioning but many users on here have suggested to set the idle speed higher than manual recommended to help prevent slow woods riding stalling. I tried that myself and had a bit of a harder time getting my bike in neutral. Plus when it was in neutral and I shift to first it developed quite a metal to metal klunk. I reduced the idle to around 1600 ish and it shifts and finds neutral better now.
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hmmm, mine idles around 1850, Ill give that a try.
as far as oil goes, Im sticking with what Im running.
this bike will be 90% track and and is gonna be run at speeds around 100 mph regularly.
 
lowering the idle helped a bit, but its still not quite there.
Ill probably just live with it.
 
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