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Is that the one where the dude and the chick both have beautiful, long, lustrous, wavy blonde hair? I remember that! They used a hanging scale to set the tension.... Gone?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
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They set tension to 15 lbs when the clutch first opens
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Yeah use the stock 2 shoe clutch with super stiff kick start springs 3 turns in from stock/flush. the aftermarket three shoe clutches are junk.
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The screws to 15 ft-lbs for each shoe? that doesnt make sense as they are very easy to turn. Can you explain more about what set the tension means? Are you taking about the nut for the clutch on the...
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Ken, I've already got the 3 shoe in my hands and am replacing the shoes. I need help setting it up. I also need the torque on the nut that presses the clutch on the crank spindle. Do you know that?
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No there is a hole with a pin the stops the clutch from opening to far. Now there is little black pads that on the center of the clutch. Not the pads that engage the clutch. Now get ur fish scale run...
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Michael Lapinski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ken, > I've already got the 3 shoe in my hands and am > replacing the shoes. > > I need help setting it...
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Nick, That makes a lot of sense. Will do that now. Do you know the torque for the nut that presses the clutch onto the spindle?
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25 for 2 speed 20 for 1 I guess if the clutch has no key then maybe more wouldn't hurt. But it's 20 according to puch specs
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Heh, ill do 22.5 and split the difference between the suggested 20 and 25 =) thanks for the quick info.
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I was just messing with my clutch the other day and I swear I thought it said 25! Guess I'll have t look again
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[attachment 150878 puchsm022.jpg] Well not quite 25 for 2 speed but for sure 20 for 1 sp but like I said that more may not hurt Idk if you have a clutch with no key. I have og 3 shoes I just got and...
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Found a Manual, but its 1980/1981. Mine is a 1977. Page 21 of the 1980-1981 Service Manual states: 2-Speed - 21-24 ft-lbs 1-Speed - 20 ft-lbs
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I stand corrected! I must have looked at the fly wheel nut by mistake - whoops!
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I never could get the fish scale method to really work for me, so instead i habg the clutch from a wire by the back plate, then hang a 15lb weight from a wire off of one shoe at a time. I use a thin...
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Using a fish scale, or the Snordley method as it was documented in Rosanna's dead blog, is the best and easiest way i found. Hook each shoe on the scale and pull, I usually go for around 20 or even...
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Mike Boyd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I never could get the fish scale method to really > work for me... > I ... set all the shoes to just > begin to...
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I went with 17lbs and rode the ped today. It's struggling from take off big time and up hills that aren't that steep. I guess I need more slippage and will go with 22lbs and see how that does...
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maybe i'm using the wrong kind of scale. what kind are y'all having success with? links?
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Mike Boyd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > maybe i'm using the wrong kind of scale. what kind > are y'all having success with? links? I got a mechanical 50lb...
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I set my stock e50 + stock pipe maxi to 15 lbs and it was ripping pretty well on the track
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shenanigans sir maybe downhill, weigh 80lbs soaking wet, and u had a tail wind? How stock are we talking, like even the stock soft springs? I weigh 230 and there are multiple hundreds of feet of...
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I agree, I'm 175 and with the hills of San Francisco and a 70cc kit I still have to pedal alot. Todays the day to go to 22lbs and seeing what that will do..
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tellin ya, go for broke with 30lbs. My buddy weighs 160, has treats 70 reed/estoril/15bing, 16x45, and even he has his at 30 or 32 w/kickstarts stock 2 shoe otherwise, haven't yet seen any deformation...
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Would you use same method and spring weight on a 3 shoe? Kick start or blue springs? I think myself 15 Is low I was just telling him what that site said. 25 or more works better for me...
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i figure the 3 shoe would be the identical process, I mean everythign else is the same design but just one more shoe. More surface area, maybe make them just slightly tighter than you would with a 2...
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