(11-22-2023, 07:55 PM)MHN-RS Wrote: The engagement point of the clutch on my 2023 RS was waaaay out there. ....
Note that the set screw is held by a lot of red thread locker. It requires a commensurate amount of care in removing, or the small Torx will strip out (T15, if memory serves; maybe T10). In theory, a bit of heat might help, but there's a change of damaging the pivoting lever insert's material. I avoided heat by using multiple very slow loosen/reverse cycles until the set screw was finally free.
Note also that both my clutch and brake lever set screws were chock-full of red thread locker. This material must be *thoroughly* scraped out (a challenge, given how small the tiny Torx hole is) to have a prayer of getting the Torx bit sufficiently engaged with the hole to not cam or strip out.
Well done.
Good that the threads on the set screws were 2023ish vintage. (Is that an April 2022 manufacture date stamped into the lever?)
My experience has been that the red threadlocker carries strength through the years better than most metal treads. Not sure I would try this on an older bike without a little heat to try to soften things up. (My favorite line - "Don't ask how I know.").
(Which reminds me to ask, as you did the nuclear engineer thing - how about using that "really 'weird' heat source you mentioned on red Loctite? Sounds like an experiment waiting to happen....)
"A good man always knows his limitations...."