Might have burned my clutch? Salvageable/adjustable or nah?

I’d like to add to this post about sliding tandems .. if you have the Auto Air pin locks that you need to dump trailer Air you can use a vice grip to hold button out . This way you can do the low speed tandem slide to break it loose. Always remember to remove vice grip . This technique has helped me on surfaces with bad traction many times.

 

Slipping clutch’s often first show symptoms in higher gears where more torque is on clutch . In lower gears more torque is on rear end and tires. Think of your clutch like your shoes when riding a 10 speed bike in lower gears you have no pressure on them but can spin the tires, in high gear you have a lot of pressure on them but can’t spin the tires anymore.

 

May have a broken spring lodged in a way that your not getting the full clamping force.
If that’s the case,sometimes it will get spit out and return to normal.

 

More torque in the higher gears.

Looking at that pic again, the fingers of your fork are right on the TO Bearing. If there is no slack, it's just like pushing tge pedal down.

Could be because the clutch has no adjustment left, or another issue. There is a way to adjust it. IIRC, it involves unbolting the clutch from the flywheel.

@jamespmack any info?

 

Well they way I have done it is have someone push indicator over to new, and have someone with engine off do 7-10 hard clutch dumps. It might stay closer to new and self adjust. May not. But of it has been slipping and he smelled clutch, it's been hot. If it was hot enough to create hot spots in flywheel, and glazed the flywheel. Any clutch will slip and chatter. With only diagnosis on a forum. I would replace clutch and surface flywheel.

 

Those self adjusting clutches are not worth it. I had issues with mine, threw it away when I had the transmission gone through. And had a buddy with similar issues. Seems when they start acting up(like yours), then suddenly they “self adjust” and your good another short while until it cycles again.

On a different note, before sliding tandems, I spray all around the pins with a lubricant, once the locking pins are released, I started rolling which either direction and pull the trailer brake lever, that momentum should be enough to be able slide the tandems. The way you did it is a killer on all drive component as you figure out.