Clutch leaver rattle 900ss 1977

[seddy]

Stupid question, but my clutch actuator lever at the engine end, is rattling from side to side enough that I can here it when I am riding. I have tried tightening up the cable but that doesnt stop it. The rattle is side to side, is this something I should investigate further?

Thanks

[BevHevSteve]

Pull the cover, lube the pivot and the rods with grease. You might find that the pivot pin has worn the holes oblong which is not a good thing. These areas need to stay greased up and adjusted correctly. Make sure there is a wad of grease where the last rod sits in the actuator arm also

[seddy]

OK, pulle the cover off, there is wear, but have decided to leave it for winter, grease everything up, put it back together, and now I have no clutch. The actuator arm moves as far as it will go but the clutch does not disengage the drive Any ideas?

[seddy]

OK the clutch works now, but because I called the bike all sorts of bad names screw number 30 on the cover threaded. As this will be a pain to fix because ALL the treads cameout on the screw, anyone have any thoughts on riding without it until winter?.