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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 09:21 AM
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I have a 2000 warrior, clutch is recent, brand new cable, am looking to reduce clutch pull.

It currently has the stock lever setup.

My daughter (14) rides this quad and gets a little arm pump. I ride it, and I must say, the clutch is pretty hard going in. What do you guys recommend for possible lever setups or somthing to reduce effort?
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 09:22 AM
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When you did the clutch did you use stiffer springs?
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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I removed stock springs and installed aftermarket (dont remember which kind). The clutch feel felt the same before and after.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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usually the aftermarket springs give a little harder clamping force so they are harder to pull, im going to search around and see if i can find anything that will help and repost later.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 10:06 AM
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I have heard of clutch lever assemblies that reduce effort by 30% or so, just wasn't sure if they were effective or not.
Thanks for your help.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 10:13 AM
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yeah theres one out for the raptor thats 3 way adjustable, it has a setting like stock, then harder and softer, i just don't know if it will work with a warrior, im looking at it now in the rmatv Catalog.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 02:25 PM
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Look for the RTC easy pull clutch lever. We put it on a Banshee with some serious high strength clutch springs and it was a night and day difference. Before I could only ride using the clutch for 20 minutes or so and then would have to rest or just go w/o clutching. After the clutch pull never bothered me again. We tried the MSR easy pull lever first(it was a 'shorty' version) and broke the thing within 10 hours ride time. It also didn't seem to help much, but to be fair the longer lever version would have been a much better choice for that application. You said the clutch was new, did you happen to replace the clutch basket too? If not, I have heard that a grooved/worn basket can make for a real hard pull also.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 02:27 PM
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Get a hydraulic clutch < mmmm so nice.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 04:21 PM
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Originally posted by: D3athShad0w
Get a hydraulic clutch < mmmm so nice.
Also about 125 bucks...
 
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Old Jan 15, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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so? He did not say he was looking for a cheap alternative... o_O
 
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