clutch arm

[MadKaw]

was removing the broken clutch cable from the little pull arm on top of the left side case. when pulling the cable ball from the arm, the whole arm came up out of the engine case. the whole rod that goes down into the block. is it supposed to do that? if so, does it only go back in 1 way? I spun it around and it only slid all the way down in there in 1 position. I wasn't able to move the arm with my hand as hard as I could once it was seated down in its hole.

I'm sure the springs are strong and all, but shouldn't I have been able to move it a little and it spring back?

[doordie]

Yes and yes,try with a wrench with right size and try turn it with little force,but look first inside hole and see if the two bearings are okay,grease them and slide pullarm down.

[hughes]

I never had to force my clutch arm back into the cases, Try to install with clutch arm facing the swing arm once you insert it start to rotate it back toward the cylinder, check those bearings first,

[SupermotoFan]

was removing the broken clutch cable from the little pull arm on top of the left side case. when pulling the cable ball from the arm, the whole arm came up out of the engine case. the whole rod that goes down into the block. is it supposed to do that? if so, does it only go back in 1 way? I spun it around and it only slid all the way down in there in 1 position. I wasn't able to move the arm with my hand as hard as I could once it was seated down in its hole.

I'm sure the springs are strong and all, but shouldn't I have been able to move it a little and it spring back?

The ability to pull the arm out of the case sounds the same as the problem I just encountered: the keyway (bolt screws through horizontally from outside of case to hold arm from popping out vertically) at the bottom of the arm had broken off and was sitting down in the case.
The mechanic was able to retrieve it and I had a friend weld it back on as the part is on backorder from kawasaki.
P.S. all this is on my '86, what year is your bike?

[hughes]

His bike was early 90's I believe. They dont' have the key way or set screw like the older bikes.

[MadKaw]

so grease the bearings down in the hole? and I didn't have to force it down, itwent down easy once I found the groove. is there anything that holds it in there, or does the cable hold it in? and yeah, it was facing rear when it went in and rotates toward the cylinder. its a 93

[hughes]

so grease the bearings down in the hole? and I didn't have to force it down, itwent down easy once I found the groove. is there anything that holds it in there, or does the cable hold it in? and yeah, it was facing rear when it went in and rotates toward the cylinder. its a 93

Once you rotate if forward the push rod will hold it in place or keep it from coming up plus the cable holds it in against the push rod and keeps the arm rotated forward.

[MadKaw]

thanx...should I just grease that rod real good and slide it back in then?

[hughes]

I Don't. I started another post about that issue but no respones at this time.

[MadKaw]

cool, thanx for the input