83 LF clutching

JDXspec · Post by **JDXspec** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:59 pm

Couple questions. I finally havy my 83 LF running again for the yr and now I have the right belt for the tr800.

Now I took it out last nite and now the eng only turns 7000 My question is how tight can I tighten the secondary spring? is there a heavier spring? its blue right now. I have it in #1 with a 1 ramp pretension. (tighter than #4 with no ramp pretension)

Thanks

speedy295 · Post by **speedy295** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:30 pm

You need to take weight off the arms in the primary. Don't try to adjust maintenance speed with the driven..

JDXspec · Post by **JDXspec** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:20 pm

The secondary is shimmed properly. It wanted to creep when I first started. It had to be shimmed a fair amount. The bushings are ok, I went through it before I went out last nite. I was working on the cover bushing issue last yr. I believe that I have a green spring and fairly heavy weights. Engagement is about 5000. This thing will even idle at 1700. (I know it should be set higher)

JDXspec · Post by **JDXspec** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:23 am

I looked at my stash and have a TR800 with the red spring. Could that alone maybe fix my issue? I have seen the ramps but where could I get weights?