G1 4" All Sport Lift Problem

[Ruckus]

Hey All,

Put on my new All Sport lift on my 89 G1. All was going well when I found that the clutch cover was resting on the frame rail. Everything I had read about this lift kit said no other modifications required. Here are a couple of pics of the cover. Any suggestions would be appreciated as to how to cure the interference issue.

Thanks,
Joe
89 G1 4" lift in the front for now.

[Newbylee]

Joe, some guys notch out the tube in that area,some heat it up and dent it with the ball end of a ball pean hammer. My clutch cover isn't that big on my 80 G1.
I just noticed in your sig you only raised the front,jack up the back and see if it clears

[BigBlockMan]

Thats the wrong clutch for a g-1. It appears to be off a g2. Thats not gonna work.

I stand corrected, That clutch was used on some late model g1s. Never seen one before, but checked with Yamaha and there it was. That looks like a little to much to notch out.

[chuddly]

i have the EXACT same clutch on my G1 and i did a 4 inch lift. I cut my frame and moved it out enough to clear and rewelded and gusseted it. works great now. I didnt really want to do it but it didnt take hardly any time...maybe an hour with pulling the gas tank and everything

[Ruckus]

Originally Posted by Newbylee

I just noticed in your sig you only raised the front,jack up the back and see if it clears

Thanks for the reply Newbylee:

I had the rear lift installed when I found the cover resting on the frame, I also set the cart on the ground to see if that changed the interference, unfortunately it didn't, so I dropped the rear back to stock until I can reslove the issue.

Joe

[Ruckus]

Originally Posted by chuddly

i have the EXACT same clutch on my G1 and i did a 4 inch lift. I cut my frame and moved it out enough to clear and rewelded and gusseted it. works great now. I didnt really want to do it but it didnt take hardly any time...maybe an hour with pulling the gas tank and everything

Thanks for the reply Chuddly:
Did you take any photos of your frame mod? I'm curious if a different clutch might help like this one, http://www.cartpartsplus.com/yamaha-...rf-clutch.html though it appears it could be nearly as big as the one one there now.

Joe

[Ruckus]

Can anyone say what the diameter of the tubing in the G1 frame is? I believe it has a 1/8" wall thickness, but the cart is at the campground and I would like to have my materials together for this weekend.

Thanks,
Joe

[kcnaz]

1/8" wall thickness is about right I just clearanced mine. See my thread below.

[GMB74]

Pix of frame mods for the later clutch. These are posted somewhere on this forum and I saved them for future reference. I did not note who originally posted them,however. Thank you whoever you are.

[Ruckus]

Originally Posted by kcnaz

1/8" wall thickness is about right I just clearanced mine. See my thread below.

Thanks for the link, your cart is looking great! Theres a huge difference between a 79 clutch and an 89 clutch by looking at your pics.

Joe