Help!

insurerman · Post by **insurerman** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:11 am

Hi, can anyone help!

Was riding my bike to work this morning and a noise started coming from the engine. Could this be because the clutch cable needs replacing and I know it does, but would the noise correspond to this? It only makes the noise wen i accelerate and the bike still starts wen i stall it! I know the clutch cable needs replacing as the bike still creeps forward wen im in 1st gear. I have cable but had no time to fit it as yet, will this harm the bike?

Regards
Dwayne

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:14 am

hi, what sort of noise and can you pinpoint location?? the clutch is usually a rattle and on a zxr400 its always there usually.

insurerman · Post by **insurerman** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:26 am

Its like a fast clicking noise, as i say its lost power but it starts and the noise isn't there wen its ticking over. But it got worse once i heard it, i only heard it wen i was over 5000 revs but its all the time now wen i accelerate. I was only a couple of miles from work wen it happened so thought id take it easy into work.

Regards
Dwayne

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:04 am

does it change when you pull the clutch in? if you have lost power could be your clutch is worn and need new clutch plates?

insurerman · Post by **insurerman** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:09 am

Yes the noise stops wen i pull the clutch in, although as i say there isn't much cable left to pull as its totally worn.

Regards
Dwayne

RedexRobB · Post by **RedexRobB** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:45 am

Oooer get that clutch seen too asap. Sounds like a thrust bearing on its way out.

insurerman · Post by **insurerman** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:02 pm

Yeah taking it to get the clutch cable put on tonight, but bit worried about riding it there. Its about 5 miles from my work, think it will b ok if i go steady? Is it very hard to replace clutch cable? I have the L model 1994.

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:16 pm

replacing the clutch cable is easy mate, check out the manual.