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Nurse Julie, I will give a mineral oil a try. I am supposing that back in the 70s, this is what Honda would have used? Any recommendations?Thank you.
HiI’ve checked the plates for flatness, all seemed ok. I am happy that the clutch lifting mechanism is working fine, the problem seems to be in the separation of the plates. Looking back I think that I can see what may have happened. I believe that the F1 sat for many years after money had been spent on renewing numerous parts, I would imagine that the p.o. ran out of energy (or money). It was then traded in as an unfinished project to a local bike dealer in Norfolk who wanted to move it on quickly - this is where I came in as there is nothing I like more that an orphaned bike ( I have more in my shed) I got it up and running but never touched the clutch. The bike had no oil in the tank when I got it and a stripped sump plug and I would imagine that the clutch was dried out. I assumed that new plates and springs would sort matters out, but thinking back, I don’t think that I soaked the new plates in oil and so just duplicated the problem. Things were definitely better after I soaked the clutch for a couple of days recently. Unfortunately I just changed the oil for fully synthetic, compounding the problem. I will clean the plates and change the oil for mineral. Hopefully this will resolve the problem. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the (hopeful) resolution of the problem.