just picked up a 99 400 ex runs good only problem the clutch is super hard to pull in whats the problem ?

thanks for all responses.

hoyt

 

Two possiblities: one, the cable is dry and crudded up, get a cable luber and shoot it full of a good cable lube, two,the former owner rebuilt the clutch and put in heavy duty springs. I picked up a 2000 440 ex, clutch was stiff as a board, lubed the cable good, got a lot better, it had the heavy springs in, and since the parking brake was blocked off, I removed the stock lever and switch, and put in an EZ pull lever, made a world of difference. Try one or both of these, or if you want to pull the side cover, if it has heavy springs, you can remove half of them,and alternate stock and heavy springs around the housing, this will give you more bite, and not be as hard to pull.

 

The 400EX cables are famous for getting hard to pull after a while. As I recall, new ones aren't all that expensive.

 

i had a 2002 and i had the same prob i bought a new cable but sold the wheeler b4 i put it on the cable that was on it looked fine but from what they say that might be the problem. if not it got to be the cluth springs.