Ceramic Clutch Slipping

With a proper spring design.

Ceramic clutch slipping.

Reason gearing to high in first gear. At no point should you be heavily slipping it or dumping the clutch kevlar is the worst for those activities. Material is uniform yellow green and may look slightly fuzzy when new. Care must be taken during this period not to overheat from excessive slipping.

You don t dump the clutch in road racing and only use an on off clutch if using a sequential transmission. The problem is i cant get it to stop slipping. Temperature and hp range is identical to organic. Exedy ceramic clutches come in a range of racing and sports clutches.

It is such a major job having to split the bike in 2 that surely this is not suitable for adventure riding. Ceramic clutch facings can withstand considerable heat they can operate without fading at temperatures up to 1 000 f. 1st and 2nd are fine because the tires are breaking loose but in 3 4 5 around 4000rpm and above it will slip. Pega bfxx ceramic pega bfxx clutch facing is our racing brass ceramic mix button product.

The material is sintered or brazed onto a backing plate and then often riveted to the main clutch plate. How to choose a clutch. Carbon ceramic side will wear flywheel or pressure plate surface faster and will wear out faster in traffic. My sachs ceramic clutch had worn down to the rivets after 167 000km om my 2006 bmw r1200gsa with ezs side car.

Kevler needs to have a nearly full faced disc due to the lower capacity compared to ceramic. Ceramic clutches will wear much faster if you ride the clutch and can experience some shudder or chatter on engagement. Keeping in mind also that a ceramic clutch is quite savage on both its meeting components the flywheel pressure plate. I have a stock pressure plate which is a pull type instead of the push style evryone is used to and a 6 finger ceramic clutch.