How To Adjust A Harley Foot Clutch

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If you're interested in trying out a foot clutch setup on your Harley Davidson motorcycle, you want to make sure you've got it adjusted properly. However, the factory service manual ONLY applies to the factory clutch arm and pressure plate, which are typically removed when the foot clutch is installed.
In this video I'll take you through the TWO clutch adjustment settings. The THROWOUT ADJUSTER SCREW and the TENSION NUTS. We'll cover...
-WHERE these adjusters are located
-What they DO
-HOW they're adjusted
-WHY you might choose to set them differently than someone else
-WHY your manual won't be able to help you here
By the end of the video you'll know how to get a rock solid, REPEATABLE setting that you can easily find again if you ever have to take your clutch apart for service.
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@robh9343 29 күн бұрын

I don't even have a foot clutch, I just really like to listen to the way Grease explains his how to videos and all of the steps needed. It's so easy to follow and he definitely knows his stuff!! Great job!

@greasesgarage 29 күн бұрын

Thank you Rob I really appreciate that 🙏🏼🙏🏼

@HighwayBully3669 Ай бұрын

You and your videos have been inspirational, informative and oddly enough, exciting (gear head shyte) After modifying my 2014 sporty to a rear leg jockey shift with foot clutch, ran into hard first gear and hole shot clutch release. Your video is the only one that addressed the foot clutch with detail. Can't wait to make that adjustment and go screaming down the road. Keep up the excellent work!!!

@greasesgarage Ай бұрын

So happy to hear that the video stands out from the others on the topic. It’s always been my goal to make the complex simple. We get too stuck in the rhythm of “set it to factory spec” and for things like this it’s so important to know what does what so people can ENJOY their foot clutches. Let me know how it goes and if there’s anything you need just reach out

@panheadsforever74 9 ай бұрын

Its cool to see younger guys like you runnin a foot clutch. great video

@greasesgarage 9 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Once it’s dialed in it really makes riding so much more exciting

@miketothewright 10 ай бұрын

Loving your videos, they’ve all been super helpful, thank you! Keep up the awesome work man

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

Thanks brotha, I appreciate the kind words 🙏🏼

@user-xr2qu3ps1t 3 ай бұрын

You solved my problem. Would have never thought to loosen my belt

@greasesgarage 3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@dustinbeck3807 10 ай бұрын

Hell yes. This type of break down is exactly what hooked me with the podcast 🤘 Absolutely love being able to hear your breakdowns and walk throughs still!🎉

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it brotha! These are my favorite videos to make and it’s much easier to go through it with the video element now. More walkthroughs to come 🤘🏼🤘🏼

@LOLjerel 9 ай бұрын

Great video ! You can check clutch release with a dial indicator on the adj screw of clutch then engage clutch fully end gap should be about .084" gap as not to over extend pressure plate , You can adj linkage geometry lengths .

@greasesgarage 9 ай бұрын

Good tip man thank you!

@russellsalinas295 10 ай бұрын

Great info. Thx for sharing this!

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@patrickjordan7547 7 ай бұрын

Hey thanks man very informative

@greasesgarage 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Patrick

@elvisquanbeck 8 ай бұрын

Hearing and seeing how the adjuster screw activates the clutch helped out big!

@greasesgarage 8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it man! I know I never understood it til I had this open primary and got to see it firsthand

@Scummy_shovel 4 ай бұрын

Yep. You are 100% correct. I just done a lot of work on a sucker punch sally bike and the guy hated the foot clutch. Wanted me to change it. I added the correct trans cover and adjusted his clutch how a foot clutch should be and soon as he rode it he feel in love with it.

@greasesgarage 4 ай бұрын

Good work! Proper adjustment makes all the difference

@flomaster6508 2 ай бұрын

Hi bro , so tell me how to adjust the rockerclutch I instald on my 1973 shovelhead. I know how to set my clutch cabel drive ! But to set the rockerclutch I need to set the clutch pushrod pretty thigth ! It works but does not feel oke with me !

@MrMeatball052 10 ай бұрын

Another killer tutorial! I'll be in my garage most of the day tomorrow wrenching. No foot clutch for me though.....yet....

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

Haha I will keep trying til I get everyone to try it. Thanks for the kind words tho man happy it made it simple

@RCASSIN 2 ай бұрын

Great videos! I have a 42 WLA and it grinds while attempting to put it in 1st gear. Any thoughts on how to adjust that? Thanks

@greasesgarage 2 ай бұрын

Usually happens when the clutch isn’t fully disengaging the plates. I would check your clutch throw to make sure the plates are separated.

@hippieschoppercorner 10 ай бұрын

You saved my ass wity this video

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

@erikrapoport7318 10 ай бұрын

First, its a 6 inch SCALE or a 6 inch RULE, and its pronounced STARE-IT. But you knew i would chime in

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

No it’s not! 😂

@Rif_Leman 10 ай бұрын

Just FYI: Starret is pronounced "Stare it" and a machinist ruler is referred to as a scale. My bone stock 1999 Softail clutch WILL NOT function properly when adjusted to the factory manual specs. I had to learn the proper finness for MY clutch.

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

It’s definitely a “feel it out” type of thing. Springs wear out over time and lose tension, plates wear down with friction and shrink up, there’s too many factors at play. But when I was struggling to set mine up all I heard from everyone was the same old “buy a manual” speech so hopefully this video (and your confirmation) is enough for people to try tweaking their own setups. Thanks for the input brotha

@Rif_Leman 10 ай бұрын

@@greasesgarage Just to be clear: I encourage every rider and/or builder to have the factory service manuals and factory parts catalogs for their machine . If their machine is a swap meet special, then at least get the factory parts catalogs that cover the parts from which their machine is built. Having these books/pdfs/whatever will provide invaluable information and will pay for themselves many times over if your wrench your own ride. My 1999 Softail clutch will not function properly when adjusted to fac man specs, BUT, fac man specs got me into the ball park so that I could figure out what needed to be done.

@jorgequiros1310 10 ай бұрын

Hey man, i find your videos really helpful, I got a question, do you have any tip to how to adjust the primary belt ? Cheers

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man. So in this video I showed you the benchmark I use for where the tension should be, but as far as how you’d make those adjustments, I will have to do another video to show that. I’ll add it to the list

@jorgequiros1310 6 ай бұрын

I found the problem, I wasn’t able to find neutral easy or to go to the gears while the bike got hot, it was all in the clutch adjustment, and I sanded off a little bit the fingers of the clutch hub, now is working as it should be, thanks

@greasesgarage 6 ай бұрын

@jorgequiros1310 that’s great to hear! Congrats on getting it solved brotha

@kalaniortiz3063 9 ай бұрын

Hey grease, love the vids and the way you give simple info and instruction. I was wondering if you knew how to determine what belt you need for your application? Ive looked for something like that on forums and can’t find an answer. I have an open belt assembly on the way and wanna make sure I get it right.

@kalaniortiz3063 9 ай бұрын

* specifically how many teeth my belt should be. I see a lot of different amount of teeth options for 1.5” belts.

@greasesgarage 9 ай бұрын

Great question, did you order a kit or just the pulleys? What bike is it going on

@kalaniortiz3063 9 ай бұрын

@@greasesgarage I’m just getting a set of used pulleys and didn’t come with belt and seller didn’t have any info to help with. Gonna be running this on my 1973 shovelhead and ratchet 4 speed.

@greasesgarage 9 ай бұрын

I'll have to do some more digging on this but you'll want to determine whether your pulleys are for an 11mm belt or 8mm. That distance is from tooth to tooth on the belt itself. As far as why there are two options and which you'd choose for which situation, I can't say. I just know that the only one available for my evo/shovelhead combo was an 8mm which was marketed as being for 4 speed tranmission kickstart only. @@kalaniortiz3063

@degonzoman 9 ай бұрын

The primary belt being too tight was exactly the problem I had with my 47. If I would have seen this video before it would have saves me hours of fiddling with clutch. Great videos. Keep your foot in it

@greasesgarage 9 ай бұрын

So glad to hear this man! It drove me crazy too and everybody told me it had nothing to do with the belt but I loosened it anyways and fixed it. Had to put that info out for the world 🌎🙏🏼

@degonzoman 9 ай бұрын

@@greasesgarage My new dilemma is my 97 Evo with a primo 3” belt that I have been running for 20 yrs is now tight. It has a solid 1 piece backing plate, no adjustment and no issues with clutch walk. Everyone I talk to has no clue. The day starts off with the proper amount of play, 100 miles later it’s tight. I re torqued the motor and primary but no change. I’m just gonna run it and see what happens.

@greasesgarage 9 ай бұрын

@@degonzoman that’s interesting, I’ve never run a belt without a separate trans allowing it to adjust

@degonzoman 9 ай бұрын

@@greasesgarage I’m running a baker 6 speed with a Premo brute IV that has a solid backing plate back in the day. They’re two piece adjustable nowadays.

@Scummy_shovel 4 ай бұрын

@@degonzomanso you can’t adjust the trans to set the belt tension? I have never seen a setup where it’s not adjusted

@davidbones8947 6 ай бұрын

Please show a evo 5 speed foot clutch conversion can i use a chain primary i live in So Oregon rain dirt roads i would like to cover the primary thants

@greasesgarage 6 ай бұрын

I will try to get my hands on an evo 5 speed setup but it’ll be down the road because nobody I know has one. As for chain primary yes absolutely. You don’t need to go open primary to run a jockey shift

@1Badbiker 5 ай бұрын

Hi bro , I used your knowhow to setup the rockerclutch I instald on my 1973 shovel.Normaly on a cable opperated clutch I whould set the clutch pushrod to nearly thigth and then back it off for some freeplay , on the rockerclutch I had to do what you mentioned and srew the clutch pushrod way in to make the clutch disingage ! it works but is this to much stress on the clutch release bearing ? hope to hear from ya. Fred from the Netherlands.

@greasesgarage 5 ай бұрын

Hey Fred, Glad to hear you got the clutch working! As far as the stress on the clutch, you want to make sure it only pulls JUST far enough to disengage the clutch, no further. So back it out a little bit and see if it still works, if it does, back it out a little more and repeat until it doesn’t then turn it back in. That’s your perfect setting 👌🏼

@1Badbiker 5 ай бұрын

Thanks bro , so if there is pressere on the pushrod iff needed thats oke ?

@Uri_Fregz Ай бұрын

I love the sound of my dry clutch on the shovel, except mine isn’t that noticeable. I wonder if there is a way to make it louder?

@greasesgarage Ай бұрын

This is the correct question to ask haha. Love it. These are drag specialities plates, the inexpensive ones. Maybe that’s the secret

@Uri_Fregz Ай бұрын

@@greasesgarage do you run both the friction and steel from drag specialties?

@dilo777 10 ай бұрын

Also if you set your clutch hub nuts to where you like the throw of your clutch but experience slipping in high gear…You should tighten those nuts. But only enough to get rid of any slipping

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

Good call!

@BostonScreamer 9 ай бұрын

oh my god, im tinkering with my shovel tomorrow. Maybe this will help make my foot clutch feel less like and on-off switch

@greasesgarage 9 ай бұрын

It 100% will. The tighter you make those clutch nuts the more it becomes and on off switch so start by backing those out! 🤘🏼

@CalebGus 6 ай бұрын

Anyone know why the clutch is so loud when depressed? I look forward to doing a foot clutch, but is it possible to do without that grinding/scraping sound?

@greasesgarage 6 ай бұрын

Yes. The sound you’re hearing is the clutch plates chattering against each other, this is distinctive of the dry clutch of the open primary. With a closed oil soaked primary the oil dampens that sound so you don’t hear it, so you could do a foot clutch with a closed primary and you wouldn’t hear the sound. Though I’ll admit, at chopper shows you hear the sound all day long and if you spend enough time around these chopper shows you’ll eventually want to have it yourself haha. Give it time

@ryanm6947 8 ай бұрын

How do you adjust the belt?

@greasesgarage 8 ай бұрын

I’ll film a video on this

@ryanm6947 8 ай бұрын

Cool thanks!

@anthonysmalawipredators8794 10 ай бұрын

I need to get an extra one of those linkage ends for the cowpie so you can weld it for me. I don't wana pull mine apart when i'm not fully prepared to build the set up. Then my shovel would be down untill I get off my lazy ass lol I'd rather have the piece that needs weld work done and on deck that way when i'm ready to jump into the project I have that piece already

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

100% man if you can source a spare one on eBay I’ll make up a shifter for ya with it

@anthonysmalawipredators8794 10 ай бұрын

@@greasesgaragesweet thanks man! I'll keep my eyes peeled for one. I can't say it enough, your explanations are so thorough and simplified that it really does give me quite a bit of confidence when I start wrenching. I hate videos where they tell you 3/4 of the steps then just skip to the end when they're finished. Like why tf even bother making a "how-to" video in the first place lol

@greasesgarage 10 ай бұрын

@@anthonysmalawipredators8794 I hear that brotha! When I was getting started in this and learning the basics I always felt like the way people explained it was overly complicated. It takes a surprising amount of time to make the videos seem simple lol, but in the end I’m happy to hear that it’s coming through as clear as I’m trying to make it 🙏🏼