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by D-Rider » Tue May 10, 2011 10:23 pm
GregD-UK wrote:Hi all,
Said grub screw it held in by a tiny allen tapered screw, that you can't see, as the allen head is on upside down

If you remove said lever and turn it 180 Degrees you can then adjust or remove the screw to then adjust the clutch pin which can make a whole lot of difference to how the lever works, trust me on that

Yes it was actually that allen screw that I couldn't remove - found a key to fit it but it was so tight that the key ripped the allen socket up .....

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by Falco9 » Wed May 11, 2011 7:29 am
GregD-UK wrote:Hi all,
Said grub screw it held in by a tiny allen tapered screw, that you can't see, as the allen head is on upside down

If you remove said lever and turn it 180 Degrees you can then adjust or remove the screw to then adjust the clutch pin which can make a whole lot of difference to how the lever works, trust me on that

I took the lever off completely and never spotted it, but I'll take it off again and have another look
Good info, much appreciated
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by GregD-UK » Wed May 11, 2011 3:25 pm
Hi all,
No probs F9, DR stupid question, but, did you bestowe a smidge of WD40 or GT45 on the thing... Guess some things haven't been touched on the bike since it was made

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by D-Rider » Wed May 11, 2011 7:18 pm
GregD-UK wrote:Hi all,
No probs F9, DR stupid question, but, did you bestowe a smidge of WD40 or GT45 on the thing... Guess some things haven't been touched on the bike since it was made

No - silly little thing it is, I'd damaged it before I realised it wasn't moving.
Don't care any more - got a radial lever/master-cylinder on there now.
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by HowardQ » Wed May 18, 2011 12:04 pm
Thanks for pointing this out Rich and later Greg.
Have to have a look at mine this weekend.
Looks like you had a good run out Rich.
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by Falco9 » Wed May 18, 2011 3:33 pm
Hi Howard,
Yes we had a great weekend, thanks
Greg was spot on with this info, although you'll need a tiny allen key to adjust it (1.5mm) the threadlock had done its job for me but the allen key was about one turn loose so I tightened it up as well
I think that grub screw should be in there for ever now
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