new variator question about clutch spring
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:54 am
what should i use. hahahaha.
here's some info. well, here's the problem. i got a new ruckus kn variator. i put it on a elite sa50 2001 sr. 5500 miles on it. 35 mph top speed before, and down hill around 43mph. now if i get a little downhill 42 mph, flat around 38, just no power to get any higher, and downhill about 52-53mph. pretty steep downhill or around 48-49mph. didn't have to shave anything i checked.
well, there are these hills, that i pull up, and i get to the bottom, and i kind of slow down to make the turn, and then go up the hill. i would pull speed all the way up pretty much and get up to 26mph and hold it, starting at 15mph. now i start going up the hill at 15mph, and loose speed. and it keeps going slower and slower until im up at the top, going about 14mph. maybe starting at 19mph. i was thinking something, and was going up the hill the other way, and it was slowing down from 14mph, when usually i pulled the hill faster and faster up to about 28-27mph, something like that. so i was going about 16 then it was slowing down, got to about 14mph, then i stopped. stopped to a complete stop, then took off, and it gained speed like usual all the way up the hill.
what i was thinking, is it's shifted to second, and not shifting down. i have stock weights in it. im not for sure the weight, maybe 8.5 grams. so do i need a torque spring? clutch grab springs. what springs, and maybe i should mess with the roller wieghts. im going to switch to the zx trasnmission when i find out enough, and put 8.4:1 gears on it. and i'm going to put a unifilter on it, because there easy to get around here, and up the main jet. the engine is stock. what kind of spring would i want to use now, for torque and clutch grab, and then after zx trasnmission switch, and then gears. or maybe gears then zx transmission. and i like the way it shifts now, when i floor it, it goes up to about 26mph before i hear it shift. before it was 21mph.
i have all the springs coming in, i bought a set. just wondering cause i'll have to take the clutch on and off and put the spring in. what's a good spring to use. and it is kind of hilly around here, enough hills that i would probably want to get it to shift a bunch. i mean it's straight, but then you'll get on a hill you don't want to get stuck on. that you would stress the engine with, i'd say once every 2 maybe 3 miles. not big hills, then are around every 8-10 miles. so there topography and wondering about changing gears on myscooter.
here's some info. well, here's the problem. i got a new ruckus kn variator. i put it on a elite sa50 2001 sr. 5500 miles on it. 35 mph top speed before, and down hill around 43mph. now if i get a little downhill 42 mph, flat around 38, just no power to get any higher, and downhill about 52-53mph. pretty steep downhill or around 48-49mph. didn't have to shave anything i checked.
well, there are these hills, that i pull up, and i get to the bottom, and i kind of slow down to make the turn, and then go up the hill. i would pull speed all the way up pretty much and get up to 26mph and hold it, starting at 15mph. now i start going up the hill at 15mph, and loose speed. and it keeps going slower and slower until im up at the top, going about 14mph. maybe starting at 19mph. i was thinking something, and was going up the hill the other way, and it was slowing down from 14mph, when usually i pulled the hill faster and faster up to about 28-27mph, something like that. so i was going about 16 then it was slowing down, got to about 14mph, then i stopped. stopped to a complete stop, then took off, and it gained speed like usual all the way up the hill.
what i was thinking, is it's shifted to second, and not shifting down. i have stock weights in it. im not for sure the weight, maybe 8.5 grams. so do i need a torque spring? clutch grab springs. what springs, and maybe i should mess with the roller wieghts. im going to switch to the zx trasnmission when i find out enough, and put 8.4:1 gears on it. and i'm going to put a unifilter on it, because there easy to get around here, and up the main jet. the engine is stock. what kind of spring would i want to use now, for torque and clutch grab, and then after zx trasnmission switch, and then gears. or maybe gears then zx transmission. and i like the way it shifts now, when i floor it, it goes up to about 26mph before i hear it shift. before it was 21mph.
i have all the springs coming in, i bought a set. just wondering cause i'll have to take the clutch on and off and put the spring in. what's a good spring to use. and it is kind of hilly around here, enough hills that i would probably want to get it to shift a bunch. i mean it's straight, but then you'll get on a hill you don't want to get stuck on. that you would stress the engine with, i'd say once every 2 maybe 3 miles. not big hills, then are around every 8-10 miles. so there topography and wondering about changing gears on myscooter.