Clutch adjustment

I just picked up this 78 Kawa 750 twin not to long ago. I took it for a ride and the clutch seems out of adjustment. What I mean to say is that in order to shift gears the lever is practically all the way out. I thought the lever was only supposed to have a small amount of play?
How can I adjust it? BTW......I did notice that the clutch cable was replaced by the way it looks (not to dirty)....Any help would be great...JC

Dunno abut 750's...but on the my 1000, you:
1 Loosen the mid-cable adjuster and get MAX free play at lever
2 At lever, get about 1/4 inch of threads showing
3 Theres a cover over the clutch adj screw, held on by 2 bolts. Remove these and the cover. You see the clutch adj screw in there. Loosen the locknut on it and back the screw OUT 3-4 turns.
4 Screw the adj screw in til it gets hard to turn. You'll know when. From there....back it OUT 1/2 turn, tigten locknut, and replace the cover
5 Go back to mid-cable adj and remove ALL free play
6 At the lever....adjust til you got 2-3 mm of free play.
Thats it for a 1000....I'd think its similar for 750, but cant swear to it. Lots of 750 guys here tho....
they'll chime in if need be. Good luck.

Post edited by: indykaw77, at: 2006/04/14 23:18

indykaw77 wrote:

Dunno abut 750's...but on the my 1000, you:
1 Loosen the mid-cable adjuster and get MAX free play at lever
2 At lever, get about 1/4 inch of threads showing
3 Theres a cover over the clutch adj screw, held on by 2 bolts. Remove these and the cover. You see the clutch adj screw in there. Loosen the locknut on it and back the screw OUT 3-4 turns.
4 Screw the adj screw in til it gets hard to turn. You'll know when. From there....back it OUT 1/2 turn, tigten locknut, and replace the cover
5 Go back to mid-cable adj and remove ALL free play
6 At the lever....adjust til you got 2-3 mm of free play.
Thats it for a 1000....I'd think its similar for 750, but cant swear to it. Lots of 750 guys here tho....
they'll chime in if need be. Good luck.<br><br>Post edited by: indykaw77, at: 2006/04/14 23:18

I'll check it out & see if it's the same.......Thanks for the help.....
Anyone else with a 750??...JC

I have to do this as well this week, thanks for the info.

WOW!!!! After all this time depending upon the knowledge of others.....I, myself...lil 'ol me....has FINALLY been able to pass along info thats actually USEFUL!
Gives me warm-fuzzies...
Good luck with adjusting them clutches....

indykaw77 wrote:

WOW!!!! After all this time depending upon the knowledge of others.....I, myself...lil 'ol me....has FINALLY been able to pass along info thats actually USEFUL!
Gives me warm-fuzzies...
Good luck with adjusting them clutches....

Tried adjusting but something went wrong:blush: after what I thought was adjusting it correctly,I tried pulling in the clutch lever & it was hard as a rock! I guess I screwed in the nut to much:whistle: So I reversed the procedure,and I'm back where I started from. The lever has to be almost and the end for the clutch to be engaged.Is it possible the clutch is bad? Or maybe (probably so) I didn't adjust it correctly??:blush: