The other day i was driving my girlfriends sled and i had just put new chain, shift fork, and pistons in it this year. reason i was driving hers was cuz i need mine this weekend. the sled it a 2000 artic cat panther 550 and i was hearing a weird ticking and all of a sudden the moter reved up really high so i quickly killed it and opened the hood. the drive clutch had fallen right off and was so hot it burned a hole in my glove and left me with a good burn on my hand and i was wondering if anybody has any ideas wat wuld make it fall of cuz they rnt easy to tak off u need a puller to take it off.
The clutch bolt must have come loose or broken off. Without the bolt in place, the in and out action of the clutch will act like a slide hammer and will loosen up and fall off eventually.
Sounds like you got lucky. Someone in our group had one come off a ZR700 years ago and it was like a little tazmanian devil was let loose in the bellypan!
Because of their design, twins are harder on clutches than triples. If you get a clutch out of balance due to a broken pin, jammed weight, etc., the bolt's going to break and the clutch is coming off. A clutch that will burn your hand to touch is a sure sign of trouble. I wouldn't even try to rebuild it after all that. Go for a new unit, totally calibrated with new weights, pins, spring, everything.
i just lost my clutch off my 99 zr 700 thank god i was just reddy to take off fast and the bolt snaped off. scratched up my other clutch a bit think it will be ok though will try and smooth it up a bit. if it eats belts ill be gettin a new one ..oh ya they can make a mess if they come unglued at a high r.p.m. lol . looking out the window its snowing pretty good out... humm best be getting at that new bolt !!!!
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