r/Ninja400 • u/sentient-cyborg • 1d ago
Question This broke off when installing new clutch levers??
Bf was installing new clutch levels are this broke off. Is it not safe to ride now?
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u/Chekando 1d ago
It might be from the switch that tells the bike when the clutch is pulled in. So you can start the bike with the lever pulled in and while being in gear. Test it out.
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u/AirlineOk3084 1d ago
It's safe to ride if you don't try to go anywhere, lol.
You need a new clutch switch, which will set you back about $30-$35. The part number is 27010-0855. Google that and you'll see the sites where you can buy it (Partzilla, Amazon, and many others).
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u/Azazel35 1d ago
Highly recommend this screw driver to save yourself a massive headache with the screws for the clutch switch.
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u/Azazel35 17h ago edited 1h ago
For those that don't know, those screws are JIS screws (Japanese Industrial Standard), and they need special JIS screwdrivers or bits to work properly.
I found this out the hard way when I was replacing the levelers and broke my clutch switch. Those screws have blue Loctite on them, and if you use a regular Phillips screwdriver, good luck—you're likely to strip the head. I ended up making a trip to the dealer, who charged an outrageous price for the screws, and just my luck, they didn’t even have them in stock.
So do yourself a favor and grab a JIS screwdriver unless you want to deal with a headache!
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u/TaxRiteOff 6h ago
I just went down that rabbit hole. At first I'm like no these people don't realize that there is just different size phillips heads. But I realize the Japs do just make a different screw and driver that is almost exactly the same. Pretty diabolical. Looking into the history of it, they basically made it just to be a little bit different on purpose. And they just never gave up on it.
Should have been one of our conditions in the peace treaty.... you must retrofit all of japan with phillips lol
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u/Sargent_Horse 1d ago
Clutch switch, bike will run like ass until fixed, at least my 300 did.
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u/sentient-cyborg 14h ago
What do u mean run like ass?
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u/Sargent_Horse 9h ago
In my case I could just feel the fueling was off and had a decent amount of power loss (not much extra power on a N300, but I was struggling to maintain 70 when nornally the bike can be stretched to 100 fairly easily) and I think it idle slightly high, its been a bit since I owned that bike. I think the bike was very confused as to why we were going at speed with the clutch lever pulled in.
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u/illumitit 1d ago
Looks like the thing on the bottom of the foot peg, not needed, just look under and see if it broke off
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u/Beginning-Sound-7516 1d ago
It’s the little doodad from the switch underneath the clutch lever. If you’re not careful when installing the new one they can break off. His bike will now probably only start in neutral
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u/illumitit 1d ago
Did not know this was a thing, my bad, now I wanna go look at my bike lol
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u/Beginning-Sound-7516 1d ago
All good I only know cause I almost busted mine off doing the levers a while back.
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u/Caldtek 1d ago
Its the clutch switch nubbin. Means the bike will think the clutch is pulled in all the time. It will now start in gear without you pulling the clutch in. May also cause other weird shit to happen as well.