OK, my quad is up and running beautifully, but there is some clutch trouble. I know little to nothing about a centrifugal clutch other than how it works, as far as components and exact functions of them i am lost. Here's the problem:

> This bike won't move

With some gentle throttle she'll gradually get moving as it should, although very slowly. Once mashing on the throttle...nothing. That's clutch slippage am I right? Now, I've adjusted the clutch as I should and no help. My main question here is using Synthetic oil, could that be my problem?

Finally, what would I need to replace if this clutch is bad...typically? Friction discs, i know that much...but what about the clutch plates as well? What parts of the clutch typically give in this situation...there's a ton of parts and I'm not going to be happy if I have to hundreds on something I don't absolutely need.

 

You probably should not have used synthetic oil. You need oil designed for wet clutches. Usually the clutch plates go out. Most of the time you can reuse your metal discs but you will just have to measure them once you get it apart and see if they are OK.