Juggernaut clutch problems

karl

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Ha, mine did rev to the moon with this done, but it floated the valves way to soon for my gearing. (12/80T) Curious how it would act with my 65t sprocket.

Got the N20 going... been blowing things up! lol.

http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?p=551200#post551200

Nice, you may see some benefit after the sprocket change.

Plus, mine was .30 in thick, shaving it down some , maybe .25 , might help as well.

I played with the juggernaut recently, and I can say I actually am liking it. The key for me was, removing half the springs, only 3 out of 6, one on each "roller arm". Then I removed the bolts that the rollers rode on, and replaced them with longer m6 cap screws. Then I added several thick washers to each roller, 3-4 each side. And put the red spring back in the driven.

The rollers are the weights that are slung out as rpms increase, so making the rollers heavier helps counteract the ridiculous spring pressure in the clutch. Plus cutting the spring pressure in half, makes the juggernaut a CVT that functions well enough to provide some benefit, at least for me.

My only complain now is that it starts to move right above idle, so if your not careful starting it, things can get out of hand , but its good nuff for me.

It launchs as good or better that the plain 30 series, and helped top end, it now goes fast enough to get the front tire "hopping" from imbalance. Plus I put several miles on a new belt, and it still looks new.

And its smoother as well, so I left it on. Its sad I had to do this much work on a clutch that's supposed to not need any adjustment, but oh well. Happy it's not collecting dust.
 

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Cool man glad you figured out a solution and thanks for updating it for others! With the way the companies seem to be pushing them no doubt others are having issues too and will find this info useful.
 

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nice! Post a pic next time you have the bell off so I can get a visual to what was done. Think I got it, just want to confirm. :cheers2:
 

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No problem!

You may want to try only adding some weight first , before taking out any springs. Once dialed in, Its a nice unit. Good luck!
 

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I would not buy one of those if you have to do so much work on them. Hopefully the manufacturers wake up a bit

My understanding of them is they were designed more for high RPM and racing applications which they probably work great for as is but here is Karl who, unwilling to admit defeat has emerged victorious! I say kudos to you Karl!
 
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