T500 Clutch Basket - No. of fingers, when did they change?

Zunspec4 · Post by **Zunspec4** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 4:52 pm

Hi all,

I was aware that there were two types of basket pertaining to the number of fingers. Can anyone tell be when they changed and the number of fingers on each basket.

Many thanks

Geoff

dbc105 · Post by **dbc105** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 12:53 pm

Geoff, I just saw this because I'm trying to find out the same thing. My plan was to use the CRF450 frictions like you are doing in my stock basket only to find out my basket is 18 finger. Not sure of the year of the part but best I can tell the change from 18 to 12 is documented at '71 to '72 but in reading seems that is not the case and I am going to go thru my spare engine to see if I can find a 12 finger basket. If I can't I may try to install the existing drive gear onto a basket from something else. this is a common process with Super Stock motorcycle drag racers.

I'll let you know what I find out.

DC

Zunspec4 · Post by **Zunspec4** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:22 pm

Hi DC,

Good luck, it will be interesting to see how you get on.

Cheers Geoff

dbc105 · Post by **dbc105** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:17 pm

Well, I pulled the covers off my spare engines and everything I have is 18 finger. I'm wondering if the bikes sent here in the States all hot the 18. The 12 tab plates fit a lot of other bikes so I should be able to find something

tricky1962 · Post by **tricky1962** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:02 am

Mine's a '72 from the US - 18 fingers. The plates are hard to come by and not cheap. CMSNL have them, Robinsons Foundry don't

jabcb · Post by **jabcb** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:01 pm

Doesn’t EBC have plates for both the 12 & 18 tab clutches?

desmocat · Post by **desmocat** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:19 am

Clutch baskets changed with the GT500 '76-'77.

jabcb · Post by **jabcb** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:51 am

Why did Suzuki change the T500 clutch from 18 fingers to 12?

Working on the T500 cafe build.
The GT500 motor has a 12-finger clutch with a fair amount of wear on the fingers.

So I just checked out the 18-finger clutch on the spare 73 T500 motor & the wear is probably best described as a little bit of polishing.

T500 Clutch Basket - No. of fingers, when did they change?

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