Seaking Posted August 17, 2010 Share #1 Posted August 17, 2010 Before I pull the clutch cover off my bike to redo the clutch plates, I've misplaced the instruction sheets for the Barnett spring kit that the shop installed for me after the last clutch burn out.. I haven't seen one of these before on a bike, so not sure what to expect and of course would like to avoid as much down time as possible.. Is it another big plate held down by 6 bolts with an 8 lbs torque? Or is there a little more to it than that? Thanks in advance.. hoping to get this done today whilst it's raining.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted August 17, 2010 Share #2 Posted August 17, 2010 Before I pull the clutch cover off my bike to redo the clutch plates, I've misplaced the instruction sheets for the Barnett spring kit that the shop installed for me after the last clutch burn out.. I haven't seen one of these before on a bike, so not sure what to expect and of course would like to avoid as much down time as possible.. Is it another big plate held down by 6 bolts with an 8 lbs torque? Or is there a little more to it than that? Thanks in advance.. hoping to get this done today whilst it's raining.. Yours may have the 6 coil springs, or it may have the disc spring. Just depends on whether the Barnet conversion included the presure plate. Either way it's pretty straight forward. No surprises.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaking Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted August 17, 2010 Yours may have the 6 coil springs, or it may have the disc spring. Just depends on whether the Barnet conversion included the presure plate. Either way it's pretty straight forward. No surprises.... Thanks M8.. I checked the Barnett site and they have instructions but no pictures.. I'm the kind of guy that likes to 'see' what to expect lol. But everything else is familiar to me. I'll let you know how it goes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted August 17, 2010 Share #4 Posted August 17, 2010 Here's a few pics that were taken during a Barnet install. It's on a 1stGen, but the MkII's have the same clutch as the 2ndGens.... Maybe these will help. BARNET TECH ARTICLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaking Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted August 17, 2010 Here's a few pics that were taken during a Barnet install. It's on a 1stGen, but the MkII's have the same clutch as the 2ndGens.... Maybe these will help. BARNET TECH ARTICLE Many thanks! a picture is worth 1,000 words The springs shown replace the spring plate on other version.. Should be simple enough.. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary N. Posted August 17, 2010 Share #6 Posted August 17, 2010 I have no experience replacing the clutch spring on the RSV but I did a Barnett conversion on my Road Star. Everyone recommended replacing all of the original bolts due to them being very soft. It's been a while but I think stainless steel bolts were recommended and that's what I got. Just an FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BigDog Posted August 17, 2010 Share #7 Posted August 17, 2010 Yea, what Gary said...replace those bolts, no matter how good you think they look. If I remember right the torque specs were a little less, like 6 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted August 17, 2010 Share #8 Posted August 17, 2010 Valuable info for me as well!! My clutch started slipping yesterday at higher RPM's under load so I have been researching better aftermarket setups to consider. There is an excellent article on clutch replacement in the 2nd Gen Tech Library that Freebird posted that will also help out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaking Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted August 18, 2010 Valuable info for me as well!! My clutch started slipping yesterday at higher RPM's under load so I have been researching better aftermarket setups to consider. There is an excellent article on clutch replacement in the 2nd Gen Tech Library that Freebird posted that will also help out... yeah once you get that slip feeling it sucks.. I almost bought the farm when I did or 'tried' to do an emergency evasive move by dropping the hammer to get out of harms way (or slam on the brakes and be part of the pile up) Luckily for me the car behind me had better brakes than I had clutch and was able to avoid hitting me when the clutch failed. scary I started with the PCW and full discs, and now to the Barnett springs and soon back to the half discs which should bring my lever movement back to where it was before.. (longer friction zone) Nothing wrong with the PCW set up as far as I can tell.. but after burning out two clutches it's now time to try the other guy.. and so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BigDog Posted August 18, 2010 Share #10 Posted August 18, 2010 Nothing wrong with the PCW set up as far as I can tell.. but after burning out two clutches it's now time to try the other guy.. and so far so good. I have had my Barnett with carbon fiber discs in the bike since 2004 and ridden 40k since with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted August 18, 2010 Share #11 Posted August 18, 2010 I opted to go with PCW for now and if it starts slipping go to the barnett pressure plate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted August 18, 2010 Share #12 Posted August 18, 2010 I had the Barnett and switched to PCW. With 130,*** miles the 02 RSMV runs great. The Barnett worked good but when the last set of discs failed I went with the PCW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaking Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share #13 Posted August 19, 2010 I'm starting to wonder if changing out the half disk to a full disc might actually contribute to some of the problems I had with the PCW setup. I'm currently the Barnett with full disc and just being lazy about changing it back to the half disc set up again.. when looking at the parts, I'm wondering if that small spring plate actually does more for the stack up than be funny looking, ya know? I don't think I'd risk another burnt out clutch with another course, as I did the last two times but as long as it keeps pulling, no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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