Is This A Slipper Clutch?

I just went to fit a new pressure plate on the 900ss ie (1998) and discovered that the one which was fitted to the bike doesn't have any teeth to mesh with the ones on the basket and also there's what looks like a spider spring inside the basket.

Although I once owned a 748R with a slipper, I can't recall ever taking the clutch cover off, so I don't have any experience of them.

The funny thing is that the clutch doesn't feel like a slipper clutch to me, as it doesn't give that free wheeling/false neutral feeling on a closed throttle.

Can I use the (toothed) pressure plate on my bike or do I need one without teeth?

Unfortunately the Haynes manual is no help whatsoever as it doesn't have an exploded parts diagram for the 900, but in the photos the pressure plate does have teeth

Thanks

Pics to follow

 

Thanks for your reply. I've now posted a pic of the clutch itself.

I'm guessing I can't use the red toothed pressure plate with this clutch then?

Any ideas what clutch it is?

 

Thanks for all that info Andy.

By first plate do you mean first plate in, as opposed to the first one behind the pressure plate, because the one behind the pressure plate on my bike is a steel.

Please can you PM me with a pic and price for your pressure plate?

Thanks

 

Thanks for your help fellas.

In the end I just decided to bolt it all up and see if it works and it all seems ok in the yard. I did have bit of a hiccup because after I bolted it all up the lever was as hard as a rock, even with the pressure plate off again. I took the slave cylinder off on the other side to see what was going on at that end, and discovered that someone had put a 10mm nut between the piston and the rod as a bodge in order to space it out a bit (although query why the pushrod would be too short?) and this nut had become disloged when my 13 year old son who was helping me had pulled the clutch lever when the pressure plate was off, and this nut was now jamming everything.

Anyway, it all seems to run and release ok now so I'm off out for a test ride. If I don't post back on this thread within half an hour, please call the AA and/or an ambulance.

 

Thanks.

It's works ok but slips a little. Not sure if this is just because the clutch pack needs replacing and the slight change in fitment has highlighted that or whether it needs some shimming.

Replacing the clutch pack will be its own bloody problem though, seeing as I don't know what clutch it is.

 

Lol. Not my bins. I took that while I was waiting for the fish and chips I was using to pay my children for their labour and rheir company, although the younger one actually harmed rather than helped in the end. It's the thought that counts I suppose.

 

Thanks mate. That's very kind. I may still want to buy your pressure plate anyway so let me know what price you're after please.