Dear Jack,
You have a good point. If it the noise doesn't bother you then just get on with riding.
However, applying a little mechanical sympathy, audible mechanical clatter is a sign of things being banged together. This ultimately leads to wear and further problems and or expense. e.g. The noise of a desmo rocker with an over wide clearance hammering down onto the top of a valve stem would soon want correcting.
If there is a simple and inexpensive solution to improve clutch life then why not do it?
If you had come up with as simple a solution for rattling pistons or knocking big-ends there would be a queue a mile long at your workshop door.
Greetings to all. I'm still out here in cyberspace listening to what is going on in ST land. My ST4S is "resting" in the garage while I've put 18,000 miles on the Rapide in the last 2 years. Now if you are talking mechanical clatter my Rapide has lots of old worn bits that sound wise put it in the same league as a Saturn rocket. Pass the ear plugs.
Regards,
Eddy
(Ducati '03, ST4S, '48 Vincent Rapide)
(Hinckley, Leics., UK)
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From: "Jack" <tdma@cs.com>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 9:49 PM
To: <st2_owners@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [DucatiST] Re:Much Ado About Nothing, was quiet clutch mod, why?
> A single thought for the lot of ye: Who cares? Noise is really only
> noticeable if you put on an open cover. Clutches tend to last over 30K
> miles for me, just the way they came. Where's the problem?? Ü
>
> Jack in NY
>
> On 10/29/2010 3:22 AM, Nick Woods wrote:
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>>
>>
>> --- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
>> <mailto:st2_owners%40yahoogroups.com>, Derek Blackie <d.w.blackie@...>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > It¹s not the noise Robert, it¹s the thought of the clutch bashing
>> it¹s self
>> > to bits! I just changed the plates on my ST4s for the first time at
>> 35,000
>> > miles before going on a week trip to Germany and back, taking in a
>> few laps
>> > on the Nurburgring. I did the quite clutch mod at 6,000 miles and
>> the basket
>> > and drum are still virtually like new. :-) That alone is
>> justification of
>> > the QC to me.
>> > Incidentally, the old plates weren¹t worn out altogether, I just changed
>> > them as a precaution. They¹ll be going back in again to get the last few
>> > thousand miles out of them :-))
>> >
>> > Derek
>> > --
>> > '03 ST4s abs
>> > Scotland
>> >
>>
>> Cor, that's a good recommendation, Derek. I wish Eddy and I had made
>> the QC mod subscription-only!
>>
>> By the way, the effectiveness of our cheapo mod will diminish as the
>> plate tabs bed into the basket slots, so it's worth just checking
>> occasionally and considering adding a thicker plate or shim to
>> re-establish that small overhang. The Bart's version that bottomed in
>> the base of the basket is probably immune to this effect, but is not
>> such an easy process without machining capability or buying his kit.
>>
>> NickW, UK
>>
>>
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