EZ-Pull Clutch set up for Jota

Your Guy's are Sick Puppies.

Guard that Clutch Finger with your life. Perhaps a little stiff but you barely have to tickle it. It should be as easy as flipping the Bird.

Rolf !

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Wonder what would happen if all old Breganzie Racers got to gather and tried to prove something.

I would probably pull over at a Fish & Chip Beer Stand.

 
Does anyone have a photo or diagram showing how the clutch actuation arm sits/fits within the clutch cover of a 180 triple ? just done a chain and sprocket conversion and can't figure out how the clutch actuator arm goes back in. Can't help thinking I've broken a hook off the end of it or something.. I took photos of other sections but not this part:Doh!
TIA
Andy W 8)
 
The lever or arm, regardless if short or long, can only fit in one way to actuate the ball once pulled.
Slots in and pushes the ball out when pulled, if correctly fitted.

HTH
Gerald
 
Gerald said:
The lever or arm, regardless if short or long, can only fit in one way to actuate the ball once pulled.
Slots in and pushes the ball out when pulled, if correctly fitted.

HTH
Gerald
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Thanks Gerald, I've just figured it out (doh!). Just got to find the ball now... ::) ::)
 
I noticed there is a steel wheel like roller that this arm appears to lean on, this wheel has a pin through its middle it spins on. Mine appears to have wave-like bumps on that wheel. Is this typical wear, is it worth fixing and how would you do that. Are they hardened?
 
My roller wore down to almost nothing before I noticed it. Had still been working but got the pin and roller way back when Stanco or Eade were still in biz. These days you can buy the complete perch with pin and roller (I think). Greg has them on the DAM website.
 
So what effect would you expect from a warn wheel. I have an extended lever so pull is light enough. Any negative effects?
 
Vince, 

I had that problem on my 3C, and eventually I was not able to pull in the clutch cable sufficiently, even after adjusting the cable.  This with the standard lever set up.  Needed to replace the wheel, which was indeed hardened.  I had to have the wheel fabricated. 

I tried using a genuine Laverda replacement part, sourced from a local agent, but found that the wheel dimensions were different to that on my 3C.  The new wheel was 12mm in diameter and the hole in the middle was bigger. The perch was also slightly different.  Seems that the later 180 triples used the new version.

https://www.laverdaforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,98210.msg410194.html#msg410194

Tom
 
Tom that's some 100% useful info, in the thread you linked to I posted about making a clutch rod years ago and it failing after about an hour because it wasn't hard enough to take the point load. And tiny variations in rod length also fail, seems these wheel dimensions are critical as well to maintain correct link geometry. And Wolfgang hadn't noticed the different wheel sizes. Great info to go on with. Mine still works ok but will need to be looked at at some time.
 
note to Hamish
this is relevant please read the whole thread carefully............

and PS
I once rode from deepest South of France back to Calais, with Andrea on TOG without using the clutch no more than ten times due to a serious gout attack in my left hand, it just proves it can be done, where was that rally Paul? caravans and lots of lakes with ten million croaking frogs (the real ones as in grenouile) at night? must be ten years ago or More.
CLEM
 
Last Snowy run as we left the Galarto shop one of the blokes' bikes had an in case clutch linkage failed, it wouldn't disengage so he rode the 300 odd ks back to out of Sydney to rondaviou with the trailer. It worked great till we arrived at a few heavily trafficked Sunday afternoon traffic lights. That took a few kinda dangerous bump starts. It worked out in the end so all good. For a change, it wasn't my bike being a pain thankfully.
 
Yeah. Done it myself a few times (rode home without being able to use the clutch for one reason or another). Bit of a pain in city traffic, but can be done without too much stress or gnashing of teeth on an electric start bike.
 
CLEMTOG said:
note to Hamish
this is relevant please read the whole thread carefully............

and PS
I once rode from deepest South of France back to Calais, with Andrea on TOG without using the clutch no more than ten times due to a serious gout attack in my left hand, it just proves it can be done, where was that rally Paul? caravans and lots of lakes with ten million croaking frogs (the real ones as in grenouile) at night? must be ten years ago or More.
CLEM
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I remember the gout Clem, but can't remember which meeting it was.

Paul
 
I have an easy pull lever supplied by Greg Parish of DAM Laverda fitted to my 78 Jota, no cover cutting or mutilation required. Coupled with a dog leg lever at the bars and 'Bob's your uncle' it is a total transformation, the required pull is effortless. I wish I had this DAM setup on the 74 3C when I was in the Andes!  Cheers Dave
 
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