Is It Possible To Sand Your Plain Plates (cbr 954rr Clutch)

[DutchyDoes]

Hi!

I'm curious about the following.

When the plainplates (steel plates) of your clutch have burn spots and are somewhat glazed, but they aren't warped, would it do any good if you 'softly' sand the plain plates. My thinking is: when plain plates are glazed they increase the chance of slipping. When this happens you get burning spots and possible warpage..... So lightly roughen them up would make them functional again....

Any logic in this...?

 

[RiderInRed]

I can see the logic. I can't answer the question though. This is me jumping in to see what others say about this!

 

[Lurch]

If they're blued (high spots) probably not as the metal may have been denatured. Steel plates aren't dear are they? And if there's some wear on the friction plates then you might not want to make the other plates thinner.

 

[DutchyDoes]

If they're blued (high spots) probably not as the metal may have been denatured. Steel plates aren't dear are they? And if there's some wear on the friction plates then you might not want to make the other plates thinner.

@Lurch : That could be true. Thnx. As regards to the softly sanding I'm not convinced though . I mean using waterproof sandpaper and softly roughen them up, so the thickness will be affected only marginally (at least that's what I think). Perhaps there's someone here who has tried it before???

 

[Lurch]

Other thing is, you need to evenly do it as well, they rely on being perfectly flat and even and smooth.

 

[RiderInRed]

Other thing is, you need to evenly do it as well, they rely on being perfectly flat and even and smooth.

simple, put black marker all over the plate. put thin (1000 grit?) sandpaper on totally flat surface. Put plate marked-face down and do tad bit of sanding. after inspection, see if all marker is gone. do untill all is gone. That way you're even.

 

[Scootnfool]

I wouldn't recommend it. The friction and steel plates are supposed to be a specified thickness (within a tolerance range). If they've gotten overheated, they probably are warped. You need to check for war page and replace the plates. The idea of sanding them doesn't seem wise to me.

 

[Lurch]

Just looked up prices (UK) for a new basket, it looks to be pretty cheap, and really not worth the time sanding plates which may not be any good anyway. Seen kits from £30.