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I have a 1999 suzuki gsxr-750 srad,it is a great bike but is it supposed to **** hard when the clutch is FULLY engaged when shifted into 1st gear?and where do i pour the clutch fluid if it uses any?
Re: I have a 1999 suzuki gsxr-750 srad,it is a great bike...
There should a removable cap near the clutch lever. It should be held on with two or three screws. This would be your clutch cylinder. Any problems give me a shout.
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I would normally it is probably stuck, but the starter motor doesn't have the normal bendix on a spiral grooved shaft. It looks like it is permanently connected. I tried to see if there was some type of starter clutch behind it, and there is. It should release when the starter stops spinning.
Your shifter cam bolt has backed out, this is a common problem on earlier GSXR's. Happened twice on my 2000, both times during race weekends.
Stop riding the bike and shifting at all and do the following repair:
Remove clutch cover - you'll drain some oil so make sure you have a drip pan underneath
Remove the 5 the clutch housing plate bolts - careful as they have pretty stiff springs behind them providing torsion
Remove all the clutch plates - make sure you keep the same order and re-install the same way; matter of fact if you have never replaced your clutch plates, do it along with this repair.
Once the clutch case is basically empty, you will see at the lower left a small assembly that looks a bit like a tuning fork, at the end of the shifter shaft. There is also a cam there with rounded cogs. There is a 8mm or 10 mm hex head bolt that holds this cam, and I'm sure it has backed out and is causing the cam and shifter to not engage the gears properly.
Remove the cam bolt. Spray some compressed air or even a light spray of brake cleaner in the threaded area where the bolt you just removed is. Make sure the threads are clean and dry.
Place the cam bolt and assembly back in its position, and take some RED loctite to the shifter cam bolt threads. Make sure to torque the bolt to specifications, I think it's 24 or 28 nm.
Let the bolt set for 24-8 hours, then reassemble the clutch and replace the clutch cover gasket. Top off the oil and go riding.
worn shifting fork,,,located under sidecase where shift lever is located,,or possibley stretched clutch cable,,not totally dissengageing,,,adjust cable,,,usually wont shift when off unless you rock bike back and forth.
just input , not resolving anything. but i used to have a similar issue with mine, but i had a gs 750t . it has around 20,000 on the clock. sometimes it didnt want to shift into 1st from a dead stop, i had to let out on clutch, then pull clutch again , then it went right in. the gears are so fine cut in the bikes that once they get worn, even the shift fork, it gets a little harder to get into those gears without a little coaxing. by the sounds of it (without knowing the mileage) i dont think id worry too much. especially if its shifting up and down through gears without grinding of any sort. if the clutch is ok on it (being an 03) i assume its still touchy , ull be ok
make sure the clutch is properly adjusted before getting into the tranny looking for problems. many ppl mistake problem shifting with the tranny, but the clutch should always be looked after first.put it in first gear, with the bike off, try pushing bike back and forth while clutch is engaged, it should move freely
First, drain the gearbox oil and put fresh 10w40 oil in it along with a new oil filter. . Ride the bike for a day then change the oil again. The filter doesn't need to change again. This should flush out dirty, gritty oil driving the clutch plates. Replace the clutch cable. It is probably the original and lacks lubrication.
This will probably take care of the problem.
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