Rubber peg in Kat clutch

[TomTom]

Upon stripping my Kat clucth it appears there is supposed to be a small rubber peg in the back of the clutch basket. How important is this as mine is missing.  Also how crucial is the tolerance on the plain clutch plates. Warpage is supposed to be within 0.004" . Any info gratefully received thanks. 

Edited December 15, 2015 by TomTom

[Nigkat]

I wouldn`t worry to much about the rubber peg, I`ve not had one in mine for years. Think its there to help reduce the noise coming from the clutch assy, can`t say I noticed on mine,  that's assuming everything else is as it should be. Can`t help with the tolerance info but I would imagine its best kept to an absolute minimum.

[Nigkat]

If you really want one of those rubber pegs you could always cut a bit off of a o ring of the appropriate size.

[Swiss Toni]

Use o ring stock. No bend. Stack plain  plates together and hold up to light. Good way to see warpage.

[berty]

See my recent topic " 1100et clutch basket rubber peg "

when I replaced mine it took away a noise I never knew I had - if that makes sense . 

 

[TomTom]

thanks guys.

[Peterrr]

that little piece of rubber is indeed to reduce the noise, but it is not something critical
I rebuild the clutch on my 1100ES engine a few months back, and also replaced that little piece of rubber.

Don't know about that clutch plate tolerance, did your clutch rattle and slipped while driving?

 

[TomTom]

Thanks guys.For your information, if anyone is interested,. the wee rubber peg when new is 3.5mm dia and 6.5mm long.

When fitting new plain clutch plates I presume the flat side goes into the basket first as there is an obvious radius on the shaped central bit of the plates,if that makes any sense.Cheers 

[Captain Chaos]

radius side goes in first

[kitkatman]

I use a piece of glass about foot square, put the clutch plate on top and use feeler gauges to find any disscrepency.Dont put to much weight on plate,just enough to hold it.

[TomTom]

Thanks guys ,I checked my plates on the surface table at work and some were slightly warped ,so I have a new set. Also replacing the springs as there origin was unknown.  All genuine parts now and the fibre plates were within tolerance so reusing them. The plain plates were fitted tge other way round when I stripped tge clutch tho. All this should hopefully make for an easier clutch. Fingers crossed. 

[Gixer1460]

The radius on the plates teeth is from the stamping process and it makes no difference whether flat side in or flat side out as it'll only be 'correct' 50% of the time - clutch lifted / clutch released!

[Captain Chaos]

yes but in theory at least the springs have an easier time pushing against the plates if the radius side is inside. Probably makes 2/10th of fuck all difference but I feel better when the radius is inside. Simple minds and all that shit.