Best grease for Yamaha G16 primary clutch

[Dave in VA]

Originally Posted by Mike Mac

Just my thoughts on sheaves and clutches; There seems to be a lot of chatter on this subject lately. The attraction to using a Chinese knock off for a cheaper price may not be the best way to go!! Most of us are modifying these cars to go at more than twice the speed, which is turning these sheaves at twice the RPM, or more!! There are at least 3 threads on this site where sheaves have exploaded (primary and secondary), and I wouldn't want to be sitting on the seat of the car that, that happened to!! Sharp pieces could come flying through the seat or body at any point, (and/or lock up the rear axle) sending any unsuspecting passengers flying forward!! The driver has the steering wheel to hold on to, but is probably in the most danger of shrapnel from flying parts!!

All of our cars are getting up in age, and sheaves are wearing and getting thinner and thinner, so paying attention to observation and maint of these parts is more critical!!

I also wouldn't trust anything but "Genuine Yamaha, or Plowmans parts here!!"

OK Camp!! You and Max, scared me into thinking about checking my primary since its 7+ yrs old!!......

Yep, gotta agree on using OEM clutch parts. Bite the bullet once and be done with it. Less worries down the line. New parts will last a long, long time.

[maxim1157]

Mike Mac, I bought my cart from a nice older lady that only drove it to church on sundays I am sure there was NO MAINTANCE done to it since it never left the campgrounds.
This is just a thought..Mike you mentioned only using OEM parts, but with turning these carts up and doubling the RPM's you wouldn't consider after market part/ high performance clutches? (Gboost)
Being in the racing over the years.. we ran our motors in the sprint cars at 8500/9000 rpm there is no way OEM parts from Chevrolet would hold up to the abuse. Which makes me believe there are manufactures out there who probably build a stronger clutch than OEM..any thoughts??

[Mike Mac]

John, the Comet clutch is a HP clutch! Tommy has one, not sure what Dave in V is running!!

Might talk to them!!

[Dave in VA]

Originally Posted by Mike Mac

John, the Comet clutch is a HP clutch! Tommy has one, not sure what Dave in V is running!!

Might talk to them!!

The G16 Vanguard has a CV Tech 06 primary, OEM secondary and stock spring.

Karen's 22 has rebuilt OEM primary and a Plowmans secondary.

I'm pretty sure that an OEM primary will withstand any mods you do to the stock engine. I think that Plowmans used the stock Yamaha primary on their Honda kits...

[maxim1157]

just trying to figure out what's the best way for me to go now that.. I have broken weights in my primary. Do I rebuild the stock one..or replace the whole primary with the Gboost primary? With the primary sheave having some wear/uneven surface, it would be very costly replacing with all OEM

[Mike Mac]

Originally Posted by maxim1157

Mike Mac, I bought my cart from a nice older lady that only drove it to church on sundays

You DID see the Andy Griffith show on that very subject, Right??......







And,,, how that turned out???...

[maxim1157]

No I missed that episode

[CAMPERCART2013]

Originally Posted by Mike Mac

Thinking back on that, I think I replaced the bushings and seals in the primary in 2013

I bought and installed a new primary sheave in 09, but the weighs and pins were the ones that came with the car!!

And sorry Camp, I'll try to clean up my act!!

I remember this picture!!! Glad you are going to at least look at it

[CAMPERCART2013]

Originally Posted by Mike Mac

You DID see the Andy Griffith show on that very subject, Right??......







And,,, how that turned out???...

Are you talking about the moonshine Ladies

[Dave in VA]

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