Laverda 60cc miniscooter clutch

[wroe22]

Anyone know why the clutch on an old 60cc Laverda miniscooter  will only engage at very low idle? Clutch seems to still have pad life left. Just wont engage. 

 

[MVma]

I had the same sort of problem on my Miniscooter. There is a fiber washer inside the clutch drum that acts like a sort of damper. I found out that the thickness of this washer is critical, only some wear is sufficient to cause clutch slipping or dragging. My washer was broken and I decided to replace it with an aluminium washer with the supposed same thickness. Didn't work at all, clutch dragging. It was only after playing a lot with some fiber material, cutting new washers of various thikness that I finally got the clutch running.