Hi all I posted last year about my clutch lever sometimes coming back to the bars when riding hard through the gears in 5th and 6th, but ok the rest of the times. Bike is in for belts and the mechanic said the friction plate tabs are a bit worn? Probably accounts for why its not very rattly! TIA
Hi, it just so happens I've joined the group so I can offer some clutch parts to Ducati riders. Part of my Covid clearout to raise funds to repair my Aprilia RSVR. Maybe 12 years ago I owned a 900SS for a year or two. The previous owner did not like the rattle of the dry clutch and converted to wet. He gave me the old basket and friction plates, and though the bike is long gone I still have these and plan to offer them for sale on this forum. I have no idea if they'll fit your 748, and there is some wear on the basket, but if they're useful to you then make me an offer. There's the basket, 7 friction plates and then 2 different, new looking friction plates.
In my opinion, it’s a false economy to replace individual parts of a clutch assembly such as just the friction plates, the basket or hub, or elements thereof. You will be chasing your tail forever. I have tried this approach and it’s not really a solution. Bite the bullet and buy an entire assembly. In my opinion...
Agree, i did it for a while on my 900ss ie, like you say chasing your tail so i just bought the whole assembly and i've had a beautiful clutch for some time now!!
This guy in Germany does baskets, friction plates, plain plates, the lot. Discounts when you buy the lot. I’ve bought and used stuff from him, no complaints, all good, IMO use him. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173485368558
There are loads of aftermarket ones, https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=ducati+clutch I use a Barnett with stainless inserts, they do the plates but there are alternatives. The issues with the notching mostly goes with alloy plates and there are cheaper alloy plates where the tangs wear faster than OEM but they are 60% of the price. Pretty much all dry clutches on the various Ducatis share the same assembly. You can get a basket and plates for less than £200. If the plates and basket are really bad you may have diagnosed why your push rod broke, time to spend some cash on the old bike
Going back to the OP, ism't the lever going back to the bars going to indicate a hydraulic, rather than mechanical problem? I'm no expert, but I think I'd be satisfying myself first that the hydraulics had been bled and were working correctly before I started thinking abut replacing baskets and plates etc. Or had you solved the 'back to the bars' problem? It's not clear from your post. On clutch components, personally I don't see what advantage slipper clutches offer for road use. I guess if mostly track days are your thing they could be considered worthwhile, though. And Ducati clutches can look very notchy, and rattle like hell, and still work perfectly well! My criterion for replacing baskets would be, am I experiencing any clutch drag? or difficulty in selecting neutral?
IME a worn basket doesn’t cause clutch drag unless it’s soooo worn the notches are holding the plates in place and preventing them from moving in and out within the basket and that would be a severely worn clutch basket ie an absolutely knackered one. The more the clutch basket and the tangs on the friction plates wear the noisier the clutch due to the increased gap between the friction plate tang and the slots in the basket leading to sloppy plates slapping about.
I don't disagree, Paul, and I know some Ducati owners like to change their clutches regularly to keep the decibel level down! I'm just saying, in my experience, for the less minted owner, they continue to operate OK even when they have got quite rattley!
Oh, for sure they do, the increased rattle is just an indication of wear that's all. My Monster which I recently did had done 30,000km before it had it's first replacement clutch. I was just saying a worn basket doesn't lead to clutch drag, that's all
