I want to Start by saying this is an Amazing Machine and its good points far outweigh the bad. Yamaha builds some of the best stuff on the planet without question.
I don't think there will prove to be anything inherently wrong with these clutches. Yamaha has been doing this too long for that.
The Turbo installations we've seen thus far prove the torque capacity is there.
The parts are not breaking, they are being abused, burned and destroyed.
I think Yamaha failed to realize that many of their customers learned to "drive" playing video games and they have almost no understanding of a clutch or its workings.
The customers have no clue that they are overheating, abusing the clutch. At least in our old cars we could smell it, see the smoke coming through the holes in the floor board etc. but these things are sealed up!
Should there be a temp sensor on the clutch that triggers a limp mode?
How about a hydraulic pressure sensor in the line? Clutch abuse could easily be calculated from engine rpm, primary shaft rpm or clutch outlet rpm and Time.
The ECU would know relative speed, pressure and time and from that it could protect the clutch and make it one step closer to being "idiot proof"
I'm not saying those with clutch failures are idiots.
They should have filled an ice chest with beer and Ice to max weight capacity for the rear platform and given the keys to the "Real World Testers."
I think Yamaha should have put a lower gear in it too. Were they trying to protect the diffs and axles with this Tall 1st gear?
What do you guys think?
JD
I don't think there will prove to be anything inherently wrong with these clutches. Yamaha has been doing this too long for that.
The Turbo installations we've seen thus far prove the torque capacity is there.
The parts are not breaking, they are being abused, burned and destroyed.
I think Yamaha failed to realize that many of their customers learned to "drive" playing video games and they have almost no understanding of a clutch or its workings.
The customers have no clue that they are overheating, abusing the clutch. At least in our old cars we could smell it, see the smoke coming through the holes in the floor board etc. but these things are sealed up!
Should there be a temp sensor on the clutch that triggers a limp mode?
How about a hydraulic pressure sensor in the line? Clutch abuse could easily be calculated from engine rpm, primary shaft rpm or clutch outlet rpm and Time.
The ECU would know relative speed, pressure and time and from that it could protect the clutch and make it one step closer to being "idiot proof"
I'm not saying those with clutch failures are idiots.
They should have filled an ice chest with beer and Ice to max weight capacity for the rear platform and given the keys to the "Real World Testers."
I think Yamaha should have put a lower gear in it too. Were they trying to protect the diffs and axles with this Tall 1st gear?
What do you guys think?
JD