Clutch

[Mightyman]

@Ricky That's also consistent with a notched basket if I'm not mistaken.. Maybe your issue the whole time hasn't been the plates, but rather the basket. If the notches aren't too deep, try to file them down and see if it performs any better.

[Calum]

It not going into gear could be a variety of things. Worn selector forks, bearings, clutch assembly, clutch springs.

Sounds to me like the clutch isn't disengaging.

Again what I said earlier will tell you it is clutch disengagement problem.

Never heard of a worn basket on a dt before though. Maybe if it ran with no oil. My brother ran his dt gearbox on coolant and oil with no problems. So they are pretty well engineered.

[Ricky]

@Calum I took it to the local bike garage he said it sounds like 1 or both of push rods and ball I've had the bike on its side trying to get them out bit they don't want to come out so I'm going to get a magnet see if that works

[Mightyman]

I replaced mine as I thought they were the cause of a problem I had. Turned out they were fine and didn't have any effect on it. But worth a try for you I suppose!

[Ricky]

@Mightyman definitely worth a try get all 3 for £20

[Mightyman]

Do you have a picture of your clutch basket handy, just to rule that out?

[Ricky]

@Mightyman i will have later when i strip it again

[Calum]

Push rods and ball bearing. Sounds far fetched to me

[Ricky]

@Calum I'm going to strip it soon get the ball and rod out to check them and do some more adjustment

[Ricky]

My ball had 2 flat sides so I've ordered a new 1

[Mightyman]

Wow, hopefully it's your fix man!

[Ricky]

Hopefully

[Calum]

NORFE used to chop up some M6 bolts and use as a bearing....

Not sayinf that's good practice but was good enough for him.

[Ricky]

@Calum I've got some old bearings I was thinking of opening them up see if any are the same size the rods are ok

[Calum]

@Ricky That doesn't look great lol.

You can get the ball bearings off eBay for next to nothing..

[Ricky]

@Calum I've ordered 1 from yambits I was playing with the bearing idea as there can't be any difference surely

[Calum]

I should not have thought so, but as said the correct ball can be had off eBay.

[Ricky]

Probably a daft question but with the bike off and my clutch pulled in should it freewheel or turn the engine over slightly when pushing it

[Mightyman]

Very normal for it to turn the engine.

[Ricky]

@Mightyman so it wouldn't be normal if it didn't