What's a Wet Clutch?
does my scoot have a wet clutch or a dry clutch?
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Dry.
Any chinese scoot has a dry clutch. Very few have a wet clutch. Actually, the CVT bikes don't really have a clutch, other than a clutch for enabling/disabling the CVT, which does not need a wet clutch. A lot of manually geared bikes have wet clutches; as the clutches on manual geared bikes are exposed to a lot more use. The Roketa MC-05-127 has a wet clutch. |
As prodigit said.. Wet clutches are on motorcycles where the gears and clutch run in a bath of oil for cooling and to reduce friction. i.e. if it shifts with a lever operated by your foot(or on old Harleys a hand lever) you have a wet clutch..
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and also on Yamaha FJ1200 sport/touring bikes, among others.. And yeah, Continuous Variable Transmission systems (CVT) are really different from either wet or dry clutch. They use a centrifugal clutch. The increase of shaft speed causes the clutch to engage. A much simpler technology, though not readily adaptable to high torque applications.
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Vespa larger scooters with CVT do use a wet clutch. This system does the same job bus uses a 3 plate wet clutch system.
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thanks everyone for your info...hey prodigit, where in miami do you live by?
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Miami Intl. Airport area (no, not within the tax free zone >D).
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Tax free zone??
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hey prodigit, i live close by there, we're neighbors
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