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Maybe I like the noise but functionally those can be made to work just fine. If you want a quiet clutch I agree that you need to change basket and plates if you simply want to make the clutch function as normal (except noise) then try this first.
1. remove the clutch pack and surface all steel plates, you need all those dots you see removed and the plates flat again. The dots are the curled bits of metal from the fiber plates that have broken off and fallen in between the plates. This causes the groaning noise as you pull away as it is high spots that are not wanting to slip as you are trying to slip the clutch pulling away. Remove the high spots and you remove the noise.
2. The tabs on the fiber plates will continue to fall in if you do not clean them up so take a grinder,file etc and remove all curled up metal on the plates. Try to keep all plates as uniform as you can and remove as little material as possible. Know that the larger the plate to basket gap the faster the wear so expect to do this operation more often as the parts wear. Once you get close to 1/2 plate tab thickness I would toss them. I have a plate on the wall that was about 1/2 worn (tab) and worked fine to 50,000 miles, we finally swapped them out on the customers bike due to noise.
Most people change dry clutches due to noise or the groan, you can fix the groan for another 5-6000 miles by maintaining the plates but noise will continue to get louder. The 50,000 mile plate that is 1/2 worn is still well within fiber thickness spec so friction material has not worn appreciably in that amount of miles. Another option is a slipper clutch, these will wear out the fiber materials much faster and give you a reason to change plates more often. A down side to the slipper is they often do not like to slip pulling away so expect the groan to come sooner, this is the reason I do not recommend dry slippers for the street.
1. remove the clutch pack and surface all steel plates, you need all those dots you see removed and the plates flat again. The dots are the curled bits of metal from the fiber plates that have broken off and fallen in between the plates. This causes the groaning noise as you pull away as it is high spots that are not wanting to slip as you are trying to slip the clutch pulling away. Remove the high spots and you remove the noise.
2. The tabs on the fiber plates will continue to fall in if you do not clean them up so take a grinder,file etc and remove all curled up metal on the plates. Try to keep all plates as uniform as you can and remove as little material as possible. Know that the larger the plate to basket gap the faster the wear so expect to do this operation more often as the parts wear. Once you get close to 1/2 plate tab thickness I would toss them. I have a plate on the wall that was about 1/2 worn (tab) and worked fine to 50,000 miles, we finally swapped them out on the customers bike due to noise.
Most people change dry clutches due to noise or the groan, you can fix the groan for another 5-6000 miles by maintaining the plates but noise will continue to get louder. The 50,000 mile plate that is 1/2 worn is still well within fiber thickness spec so friction material has not worn appreciably in that amount of miles. Another option is a slipper clutch, these will wear out the fiber materials much faster and give you a reason to change plates more often. A down side to the slipper is they often do not like to slip pulling away so expect the groan to come sooner, this is the reason I do not recommend dry slippers for the street.