[Ducati] New plates w/slippage

[Ronald Betts]

Brez, get ahold of Chris Taylor in engineering at Barnett. I had a simular 
problem some time back with a fresh set and e mailed Barnett out of 
desperation and got an e mail back from enginering asking me to call them. 
Long story short, They had me send the new set directly to them for 
inspection and Chris hand picked me a new set and sent them overnight. 
Turned out that a supplier was diong something funky to the material and 
Barnett got on top of it as a result of my contact to let them know there 
was a problem. Great guys and a clsass act. Oh ,and they paid all my 
shipping expenses also.



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!





>From: "Brez998" <Brez998 at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: [Ducati] New plates w/slippage
>Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:59:26 -0400
>
>I just installed a new set of Barnett plates (metal & friction) and once 
>they seem to heat up they start slipping.  I first noticed it after riding 
>about 10 miles and then came up on light to light traffic.  After a few 
>lights it started to slip right after I got going.  It seemed fine once I 
>got into second gear and really got going.  And it did not slip in the 
>higher gears.  It only did it as I first got the lever all the way out and 
>started to "get" on it.
>   I remember when I installed the plates there were minor groves in the 
>basket.  I didn't think much of it then but now I think I will go back and 
>file them just in case.  Mabe the plates are getting hung up?  I will also 
>try to bleed the system just in case.  Any other ideas?
>   Was I supposed to prep the plates before install?  I believe they may 
>have had some type of coating on them that I hastely wiped off.  Should 
>have I cleaned them with contact cleaner/degreaser?  Any help would be 
>appreciated.
>
>Brez 02 998
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