gl 1200 clutch

[bwk66720]

how many miles can a gl 1200 clutch be expected to last under normal riding conditions

 

[joedrum]

forever mostly

 

[dan filipi]

Agreed.
These clutches are pretty tough.
I've been pretty hard on mine, 1100. Still going strong with no slip.
1200's have a bigger clutch even.

 

[mcgovern61]

My '81 had 169K on the clutch before the engine was pulled!

 

[bwk66720]

Thanks guys for the info,,,,mines workig fine at 34000k i was just curious about what to expect with it. Sounds like it may even out last me ill probably put less than 5k a year on it. I just do bike shows and rides of less than 200 miles with it. I dont have to much time or money to do to much traveling

 

[456654]

Only important for the clutch is to use the right motor-oil.

The clutch doesnt want synthetic oil, only mineral. If you fill synthetic oil the clutch will glue and you cant get a gear in.

Some who made the mistake to fill in the wrong oil changed it back to mineral oil and the clutch worked again properly.

And: you should change the "brake"-fluid from time to time in the 1200, the 1100 has a bowden.

cu - Rudi

 

[detdrbuzzard]

Only important for the clutch is to use the right motor-oil.

The clutch doesnt want synthetic oil, only mineral. If you fill synthetic oil the clutch will glue and you cant get a gear in.

Some who made the mistake to fill in the wrong oil changed it back to mineral oil and the clutch worked again properly.

And: you should change the "brake"-fluid from time to time in the 1200, the 1100 has a bowden.

cu - Rudi

the clutch on a 1200 wing does not use motor oil it uses dot4 brake fluid

 

[456654]

Clutch is in oilbath, DOT4 is only for the clutchcylinder.

Wrong oil means the clutch doesnt close, bad DOT4 or air in the tube means the clutch doesnt open.

 

[joedrum]

yes bake fluid for clutch lever,,,,,clutch wet type bathed in oil from motor ,,,snythetic motor oils somethimes cause problems with clutch....

 

[slabghost]

Only the (enhanced lubricity) oils cause clutch problems. If the oil has any claims to better mpg be suspect. Mobile1 synthetic is made for wet clutches and works fine. I use it in my Kawasaki with no issues.

 

[456654]

I dont know so much about your Kawa - but dont try to fill synthetic oil into the Goldwing....

 

[slabghost]

I dont know so much about your Kawa - but dont try to fill synthetic oil into the Goldwing....

:headscratch: And your reasoning for this advice would be what? If there is a quirk of the wings that makes this inadvisable I'm unaware of it. Manuals do not mention synthetic oils but at the time these bikes were built there wasn't any available.

 

[dan filipi]

This has me curious now.
45664, what do you mean by the clutch will
"Glue"?

 

[456654]

Sorry, english is not my first language...

"Glue": I meant that you cant switch a gear in because the fins swell and so the clutch doesnt part. And that this is really so have seen a lot of people here. They were not amused when they couldnt drive or only in the first gear...

I dont know how to explain it better - and I believe that google-translator wouldnt help you to understand it better....

 

[dan filipi]

You explained it well.

I wonder if that's something that happens on 1200's only or with a certain oil?

 

[456654]

It seems to be depending on the original material of the clutch. Same at the 1100, didnt hear about this from the 1000s and, of course, not from the later models.

Simplest way to avoid this problem is to use mineralic oil, in no case synthetic or semi-synthetic