Dry clutch or wet clutch?

[Chippitt68]

82 flh. Sealed primary. Technically a dry clutch according to the manual but the primary has been sealed and I run 8 oz atf in the primary. Since I'm running 8 oz in primary, should the frictions be soaked before install? Frictions are Alto wet/dry.

[76shuvlinoff]

Sealed primary here, I always soak new discs.

[Chippitt68]

Thanks. I'm leaning towards taking your advice and finding a Rivera/APM clutch. This Stock one is beating me up

[Excalibur]

If neither way ends up working, maybe try different plates.

How is the clutch misbehaving exactly?

I had some red linings that wouldn't play nicely in either of my Harleys. Needless to say, they won't be going into another bike of mine.

[Chippitt68]

It's still on the lift fro mainshaft leak repair. I noticed the issues when I was putting it back together.

[kink04fxd]

I run a BDL competition clutch in my 82 with a sealed primary and ATF. Yes I soaked my plates in ATF. I fill it to the bottom of the basket. Much better than a stock clutch, imho.

[JSD]

I have energy one wet or dry plates new energy one steels assembled dry with sealed primary. 

[dusty1]

when I ran a sealed primary, I did not soak the plates. So it was a dry clutch, like stock. Isn't the ATF/oil meant to lube the chain? I don't see why plates need to be soaked