EVO Sportster Clutch Adjustment : Pro Tip

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Is your Sporty clutch dragging a bit, or possibly too much play in the lever? You may not need a new clutch, just an adjustment. We'll walk you through the steps of an adjustment to keep you clutch in perfect working order. #Sportster #Clutch #Adjustment

[blove]

THIS IS THE CORRECT VIDEO FOR THIS JOB. MULTIPLE FIRST GEN NIGHTSTER OWNER HERE, THANK

[stufoo]

Ohhhh. I was wondering why my clutch was feeling all weird. I tightened the adjuster nut like it supposed to be tight. Didn’t know it was supposed to be backed out after resistance. Thank god I watched this video

[eltino]

Thanks. I Watched a couple of videos and they said to just wind the clutch back then back quarter turn.
Your the only guy who said about just winding back until you feel resistance then back it off a quarter turn.
Too easy, thanks

[geraldscott]

When you adjust the clutch is also a great time to change your primary/transmission fluid, and check/adjust your primary chain tension. The primary/transmission on an EVO Sportster hold exactly one quart of fluid. When I bought my 2006 Sportster 1200 with 9200 miles on it, I found that some idiot had put almost 2 quarts in it. No matter what you drain out, always put one quart in. If your bike still has the original clutch in it, REPLACE THE CLUTCH. Clutches on H-D EVO engines have what is known as a "grenade plate" in them. The official name for this part is a "spring plate" it is two steel clutch plates with springs between them, and is held together with brass rivets. These soft rivets WILL fail, usually around 15, 000 miles, the spring plate will come apart, scatter lots of little pieces of metal in the primary, and usually do serious damage not only to the clutch housing and hub, but can also get into the transmission and wreak havoc in there as well. Get what is called an "extra plate" clutch kit and install it. It eliminates the "spring plate" and the probability of it exploding and doing a lot of damage. While you have it apart, it's also a good idea to replace the release bearing, which is of very low quality, and will eventually fail. If you want to keep replacing it, you can use the original oem bearing, but much higher quality bearings are available. The EVO Sportster is a VERY reliable engine, but those are two MAJOR issues that can shorten it's life. Why H-D continued to use these parts after it became known that they were failing I have no idea.

[andrelicatovich]

Just got my clutch bearing replacement from JP cycles. So excited to ride again. It's been 5days lol 😆

[JUNIORGONG.ASFxCK]

Straight to the point, I thank you sire...

[chrissachtleben]

Have adjusted my clutch exactly the way that you are saying

[dopesquatch]

For those with mid controls you DONT need to remove the peg. Just pull the rear peg bolt and loosen the front bolt and swing it out of the way

[johanrobberts]

I just want to say thank you very much. I bought a 883 whife 6000km on clock hard problems whife clutch

[oswardg]

To adjust the clutch, do I need to put in a shift or does it need to be in neutral always?

[tonyford]

Thanks.
Just aquired a 97 1200 XLC.
This helped alot

[matoko]

I wonder why you couldn't just take up the slack in the cable adjustment? Why was it necessary to open the cover and adjust in there?

[jasonbentley]

Brilliant easy video, thanks 👍🏼 just a quick one, say someone set the threaded screw behind the Derby cover to be really tight and snug; like tightening a bolt etc, what effect would that have? Just out of curiosity

[seth_thewindwarrior]

This helped me a lot I just put a new clutch cable in and I guess I didnt adjust the evo right I just tightened it and was getting serious clutch creep

[JhaloDioh]

Hi, I know this video is old and not sure if I'll even get an answer, but here's to hoping.
I have a 1983 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1100cc. I just picked this thing up not more than 2 months ago, and when I try to take it out for a ride, the bike hardly moves. I'll maybe get a little movement, but even with the throttle all the way back, the bike only moves a bit. I was wondering what this could be and if it's something I can fix myself.

[ladytechautocare]

At the end you mentioned 'pull thru'.... what does that mean?

[MarkDupreLSD-]

Well, once again this Harley manual of mine was WRONG!! It's IMPORTANT to STOP turning the clutch adjustment screw (in the primary) when you feel tension!!!!

[AudioArcturia]

So my clutch feels like it weighs a hundred pounds, even with adjusting the lock nut and adjustment bolt. Would doing what you showed here help, or no?

[caseywilcox]

What does he mean by pull through at the end?

[C.Parry]

So I've done exactly what you just did in this video and once I put my derby cover on its not allowing me to pull my clutch but it dose with the derby cover off