Whilst I was draining the oil to put the bike away for the winter I thought I'd whip the clutch out and blow the dust out. Only for the reason that the aircooled 900 Superlight tends to squeal if the dust builds up too much. So I stripped it out, little dust in there but. . . . . according the to the 999RS manual, which I have on PDF the bike should have 8 plain and 8 friction plates. Mine has 8 friction and 9 plain. The plain are all about 1.95-1.99mm, the bevels are 1.45-1.46 and the friction 1.95 to 2.12mm The bike is supposed to have a Ducati Performance clutch. The pressure plate is, but the basket is steel. I'm informed the basket should be alloy. There's no spec in the manual for the friction plate thickness Now on ebay there are two sellers selling plate kits Dischi frizione motore Ducati Multistrada 1000 ST2 916 ST4 996 Sport 1000 | eBay DUCATI 749/999/ST2/3/4 NEWFREN CLUTCH PLATES | eBay both kits are 7 plates. the UK seller states his are 3mm. Based on 7 plates that would give me another 7mm in the stack Help appreciated!
what size is your old stack?,i have a box full of clutch plates and the steels are all sizes , the only time i had to play around with my plates is when i had a slipper clutch fitted , im my experience with all the ducatis i have is the stack is roughly the same thicknes but you could mix and match untill you get the right stack size
I knew someone would ask that! I have no idea, I guess I'll measure it. I've read all the threads about using GS550 plates but at the price of the newfren ones from Italy [about £55] then it's a no brainer really. I just wish I could find crank bearings that cheap!
The RS is a completely different clutch. It's a slipper clutch.. Your 999S on a 04 uses the older SPS basket/plates and should be steel as should the plates be. The wider plates tend to be alloy backed hence the thicker dimensions being quoted. Tbh, you could build a pack up with several different plate types and use the plain steels to get the pack out to the correct thickness. I don't have a specific pack in stock for your bike to check. From the two listings, I wasn't aware Ferodo did the plates so they could be equivalents but from a wet clutch bike. The Newfren plates look like they might work but you'd have to see how it pans out with plate numbers/thicknesses. I stick with OEM Ducati packs to be fair. Not cheap, but they work and come with new steels as well.
its worth shopping around as i got a full set for under £100 or you could go down the GS550 route but you would need a good set of steels , and nelly is right the slipper clutch uses a thinner stack
thanks guys. TBH I don't even know what an RS is, I know there's an S and an R. The plates are ok, even wear, flat. I'm tempted to try the italian friction plates. Nelly- can you supply main bearings any cheaper than a main dealer? thanks, Phil
I buy from the same parts lists thru the dealer network..... Pm me what you need and I'll see what I can do.
