K2 clutch slipping...

[JONNYBIGBALLS]

Only me...the clutch is slipping on my bike (GSXR 1000 K2) when i open her up, i can get the clutch plates for £50, but how easy/hard is it to replace them?...is there a specific order they go in or do i just remove and replace?...HELP!!:love1

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

well there is a bolk on here called porka and we just did his clutch and it wasnet to hard jsut rember what you are doing and how it all goes back to gether, once youv undone the bolts with the spring on you will be able to pull all the plats off at the same time, so do so and put them in a plie in the samew order they came off in and the jsut put the new plats back in the same order. and dont forgat to soke the new plates in oil for a few hours first

[two]

there a good guide here

http://www.kawiforums.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22881

it a piece of **** to change the plates

[JONNYBIGBALLS]

Cheers boys...will find more probs soon, so watch this space!!

[gixer400]

make sure you use a torque wrench to tighten back up. can be nasty if you dont. and it might take a few miles to get nasty

[JONNYBIGBALLS]

Engine...cooking...gearbox....veggy....t-tree.....which oil to soak?

[gixer400]

i find t-tree works best :laugh2

you have to drain your engine oil anyway to get the clutch out (usually), so soak in in your new oil before you put it in.

[JONNYBIGBALLS]

cheers...lol

[two]

if you can lean the bike over enough you won't lose any oil... all depends when you last changed the oil.... soak the plates in either new or old engine oil

(the last 2 clutches i've replaced i didn't soak them, just covered them in oil before installation)

[Max Lean]

If its leant over on the side stand you shouldn't lose any oil, i don't on my ZX6
I think its worth soaking the plates in oil, at least over night, the last one i fitted didn't last half as long as i did what Two did and only covered it.

( or it might be all these attempts at wheelies and the rolling burnouts! )

[Lateshift]

do you not need to consider why the clutch is slipping in the first place before thinking about changing the plates?

how many miles has the bike done, how severe is the clutch slip, at what point is the clutch slipping (low end or mid to top end?)

when was the last oil change?

what oil are you using?

I wouldnt consider changing the plates until i had worked out why it was slipping first personnally, you could end up throwing money away to start with for the sake of actually adjusting something ;)

[two]

true... i'm soaking my next set.... had major slip on straights at snett...

although speaking to others about ebc kelvar plates others have had issues...

be going heavy duty next time

[Lateshift]

Barnett clutch kits are probably the best to go for, find them on the US websites and get them shipped over as a gift or for testing and development, in most cases the kits with the stronger springs are literally half of what you pay over here :)

EBC kevlar ones are okay but they are just as prone to failure as the others to be honest :)