clutch push rod length bandit 12

[baldrick]

hello, right i cant remember what i had for tea yesterday, but i do seem to remember slabby 11s clutch push rods are 92mm and i think gsxr11 slingys are 102mm, or it might be the other way around....fook knows

 

anyway, anyone know the length of a bandit 1200 mk 1 clutch push rod, the one that goes from slave cylinder through the block?

 

cheers

[fatblokeonbandit]

80 mm

[baldrick]

perfect mate, thanks. 

ive ordered 150mm of 6mm stainless rod, ill just cut it down

[Jaydee]

51 minutes ago, baldrick said:

ive ordered 150mm of 6mm stainless rod, ill just cut it down

Think i.i.r.c. the rod is 6.5mm. Which matches a lot of old philips screw drivers shafts which I cut to size.  

[wraith]

80mm and just got some titanium M6 bar, cut to 80mm and work great 

[Sam-Jaffa]

2 hours ago, wraith said:

80mm and just got some titanium M6 bar, cut to 80mm and work great 

Oooh titanium, poshe

[wraith]

7 hours ago, Sam-Jaffa said:

Oooh titanium, poshe

Had to order enough to all 3 bikes, that was a shame 

At the time it wasn't that much more than the stainless steel rod but I'm not sure if titanium has gone up a lot or stainless has came down but there's a bigger difference now 

[baldrick]

just noticed ive got a , what looks like  - a gsxr clutch fitted to this bandit engine.

so do i use a gsxr length pushrod? and if so any ideas on length?

is there any way to tell which model gsxr the clutch is out of? 

i bought the engine complete, its got bandit engine number but oddly no cc on the bottom of the barrel?

[Captain Chaos]

5 minutes ago, baldrick said:

oddly no cc on the bottom of the barrel?

that's normal for B12's. Only the very first ones had 1156cm3 on the barrels.

[baldrick]

oh right,

any idea on which length pushrod i need?

[Captain Chaos]

Nope

[baldrick]

Anyone?

[Duckndive]

15 hours ago, baldrick said:

just noticed ive got a , what looks like  - a gsxr clutch fitted to this bandit engine.

so do i use a gsxr length pushrod? and if so any ideas on length?

is there any way to tell which model gsxr the clutch is out of? 

i bought the engine complete, its got bandit engine number but oddly no cc on the bottom of the barrel?

add a 6mm ball bearing between the 2 push rods .

[fatblokeonbandit]

What i do is get a bit of 6mm wooden dowel and cut keep cutting a bit off until its the right length. much easier than keep fitting a steel rod and cutting a bit off..

[wraith]

And how do you know when it's the right length 

[baldrick]

1 hour ago, Duckndive said:

add a 6mm ball bearing between the 2 push rods .

i dont have a push rod yet mate, thats why im asking what length it needs to be? and would be easier to add 6m to the length, save using ballbearing, no?

i think, but could be wrong that the gsxr one is either 92 or 102mm, bandit one is 80, according to Mr fbob. 

[fatblokeonbandit]

but you have a gsxr clutch with a bandit cover and slave cylinder??

 

1100k/l  is 100mm

 

I think slabbys are 92???

B12 80mm. 

31 minutes ago, wraith said:

And how do you know when it's the right length 

pull the lever and it works, it just dosent last very long

 

[baldrick]

so its going to be trial and error, i presume.

so that the clutch puishrod, when fitted , and with the slave cylinder pushed back into its cylinder, and the cover tightened should be a tight fit, yes?

[fatblokeonbandit]

You want a bit of play so that when the cover is tightened and the cylinder pushed right back, it dosent push the pushord as the bolts arer tightened, and operate the clutch.

[baldrick]

ok mate, thank you