Changing the clutch...

....is it difficult? I've got a (nearly) new one inna box.

I remember old one was very juddery whilst filtering etc - low speed
work. SO might as well put newish one in while bike being prepared to
meet the sunlight again.



ObFrankensteinBike:

I fired up fair ly quickly. God bless MrHonda. It's sat for a whole
year in the garage, enough to drain the battery and the alarm backup
battery. Rust on the subframe has progressed to near sentient levels.

But it all went together well and seems to run ok....


}:8) I'm back. Brum brum.

 

MrMoosehead wrote

Nah, piece of piss. The hard bit is usually getting the big nut in the
middle undone. Provided you make plans/invite appropriate friends it
shouldn't be an issue.

 

Yeah. But Paul is in Cyprus, so can't get him round....


Oi! Tallbloke. You there?

 

MrMoosehead scribbled on the back of a napkin:

Depends on the bike...

BMW and Guzzi clutches are a pain in the proverbial as one has to take
the gearbox out of the frame.

Your average Japanese bike clutch should be pretty much OK to change.

 

steve auvache says...

There's no need to remove the big nut in the middle if you're only
changing the friction and metal plates. Removal of the bolts that pass
through the clutch springs is enough.

 

Most of the time.

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Salad Dodger says...

On a CBR600 it is.

 

Lozzo wrote

Yebbut who changes the plates without changing the springs?

 

steve auvache says...

You don't need to undo the large centre nut on a CBR600 to replace the
springs. Take out the bolts that pass through the springs and the
springs come out with the centre plate. Simple, even you could do it.

 

According to the manual, my old gixxer has a single big nut holding
the springs and plates in place. Not a common arrangement though.

 

Common enough, if you happen to have diaphragm springs in your clutch.
They have advantages over the more usual coil spring type setup.

 

Lozzo wrote

**** me that is easy, how come they charge so much?

You are confusing me with a mechanical incompetent muppett. The
mechanical bit of practical mechanics was never a problem for me.

Watching the world through them frosted bathroom glass glasses of yours
has addled your brain.

 

Boo!

 

Eiron says...

Moosey rides a CBR600, so he doesn't have the big nut to undo

 

Are you sure? The workshop manual says I have to take the centre nut
off to change the plates.


It's a CBR600F-r 1994 - one of the last second generation CBRs

Ho hum.

Anyway - rode it round the block this evening.

I forgot how much fun it was.

WIOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

Seems like the same arrangement as the Wing.

http://www.ronayers.com/fiche/200_0296/clutch/clutch.cfm?man=ho&groupid=5160&parent=5120
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| ___ Salad Dodger
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_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..75830../..18846.../..3214./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 24 Pts: 400 Miles: 1589

 

MrMoosehead says...

I've done a couple of CBR6 clutches. I'm sure I didn't have to undo the
centre nut, but looking at the diagram SD posted it looks like I must
have.

 

The later models have "proper" clutches.

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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..75830../..18846.../..3214./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 24 Pts: 400 Miles: 1589

 

Salad Dodger says...

One of them was on Caz's CBR600FX, I fitted an uprated set of plates
and springs. That had a normal bolts through the springs and a centre
plate that came out without the centre nut needing touching.

 

Git.