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Hey all,
First off I want to thank everyone here for all the great advice and wisdom, I would not have been able to get my old 660 running without your help.
Well I sold the 660 and upgraded to an '06 700. I lived very far from the bike and my dad test rode it for my and said everything worked so I bought the bike without even looking at it. I know, I know, not a good idea. I live in Humboldt County, CA and everyone beats the crap out of their bikes here so I had to take a leap of faith.
Now onto the problem. When I first got on the bike to load it into the truck, started her up, pulled the clutch in, and as soon as I put it into the first the bike lunged forward, squealed the tires and promptly died. I thought maybe the clutch lever wasn't adjusted correctly at the handlebars so I tightened it up and same result. I was able to get it to work properly for just enough time to get it up the ramps, but after riding many ATV's I know it wasn't right.
Same thing happened to this guy:
www.raptorforum.com
Got the bike home, took the clutch out, and the previous owner had done the full fiber mod. I was planning on doing this anyways and had already bought replacement discs and fibers. The clutch actually didn't look that bad at all, measurements of the fibers showed they were all in spec. And unlike the OP from the other post, my plates were not stuck together. Since I already had the new clutch soaking in oil I just replaced it anyways. Basket had minor grooves but nothing I would consider to be a reason for replacement.
Put her all back together, added Rotella T4 for the oil, which from reading on here is what a lot of guys run. With the bike on a stand, I can spin the tires, pull the clutch and shift it into first, and the chain catches and stops the tires from spinning, even with the clutch pulled in. SO I'm assuming I still have the same problem. I've tried finding other posts with the same issue but have only found the one above, and his solution seemed to be oil related. A yamaha tech told me that the clutch pack may be too thick with the full fiber mod, not allowing the clutch to fully disengage, but then why would so many people run it? Just wondering if this is normal for the full fiber mod or if I need to keep tinkering until I fix it. My 660 never had this issue.
Sorry for the essay, and thanks for your help!
First off I want to thank everyone here for all the great advice and wisdom, I would not have been able to get my old 660 running without your help.
Well I sold the 660 and upgraded to an '06 700. I lived very far from the bike and my dad test rode it for my and said everything worked so I bought the bike without even looking at it. I know, I know, not a good idea. I live in Humboldt County, CA and everyone beats the crap out of their bikes here so I had to take a leap of faith.
Now onto the problem. When I first got on the bike to load it into the truck, started her up, pulled the clutch in, and as soon as I put it into the first the bike lunged forward, squealed the tires and promptly died. I thought maybe the clutch lever wasn't adjusted correctly at the handlebars so I tightened it up and same result. I was able to get it to work properly for just enough time to get it up the ramps, but after riding many ATV's I know it wasn't right.
Same thing happened to this guy:

Starts & Idles great. Jumps and stalls when put in gear.
Everyone above is correct, in the specifications on the back of that bottle it needs to read "JASO MA" on it.
Got the bike home, took the clutch out, and the previous owner had done the full fiber mod. I was planning on doing this anyways and had already bought replacement discs and fibers. The clutch actually didn't look that bad at all, measurements of the fibers showed they were all in spec. And unlike the OP from the other post, my plates were not stuck together. Since I already had the new clutch soaking in oil I just replaced it anyways. Basket had minor grooves but nothing I would consider to be a reason for replacement.
Put her all back together, added Rotella T4 for the oil, which from reading on here is what a lot of guys run. With the bike on a stand, I can spin the tires, pull the clutch and shift it into first, and the chain catches and stops the tires from spinning, even with the clutch pulled in. SO I'm assuming I still have the same problem. I've tried finding other posts with the same issue but have only found the one above, and his solution seemed to be oil related. A yamaha tech told me that the clutch pack may be too thick with the full fiber mod, not allowing the clutch to fully disengage, but then why would so many people run it? Just wondering if this is normal for the full fiber mod or if I need to keep tinkering until I fix it. My 660 never had this issue.
Sorry for the essay, and thanks for your help!