Could be. Someone I have lots of respect for on here reckons it makes no difference and never bothers himself but it's hard to believe Ducati go to all the trouble of casting the arrow on the pressure plate and taking a notch out of the post for no reason. I've always made sure it's aligned myself, so I don't actually know what difference it makes.
Arrow when back at the same point it came out I marked it up, will have a look tomorrow thanks for all the help
Yes it definitely makes a difference. There should be an arrow next to one of the holes in the pressure plate and a notch across the top of one of the posts. If they are not lined up the pressure plate doesn't engage with the splines in the hub so doesn't go fully down giving the symptoms the OP has. I once fitted an anodised pressure plate to my ST4s and it had no marking indicating where it should be lined up. If I remember correctly there were 3 positions that it lined up so I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right. Once it was on correctly I put a centre punch mark next to the notched post for future reference.
Had a look today and the splines were slightly out ,my stupid lol. So new bearing & no more boiling clutch fluid , of course I had to bump the bike to start it its running on 1 cylinder on start up & the 11.2 warning code is back lol, it never ends
Ah.. Yes, I was referring to the marks on the pressure plate and spring post. Nothing to do with the marks on the plates.
Did you remember to put the little top hat shaped sleeve back on the pushrod or could it be stuck in the end of the old bearing this would cause the push rod to push through the bearing and not move the plate Just a thought
Cheers mate clutch problem is solved notches were out of line , next problem is difficult starting & miss fire on rear cylinder when cold, more rotten wireing probably
