DIY - Fitting Open Clutch Cover & Pressure Plate

**hhhjesus** · 06 May 06, 11:35 PM

I know a lot of you have already done this pretty simple 30 minute job, but i hope my 'written by an idiot' guide will give somebody a bit of confidence to try it 4 themselves

**hhhjesus** · 06 May 06, 11:38 PM

1 you will need new clutch cover, new pressure plate, stainless springs, stainless bolts, anodised cups (colour and style of your own choice)

2 take a last look at the standard cover

3 remove fairing screws and whip it off

**hhhjesus** · 06 May 06, 11:40 PM

4 when naked remove allen bolts holding clutch cover in place

5 if your memory is as poor as mine write down where each bolt goes to ease putting them back in correct places

6 lift off standard clutch cover

**hhhjesus** · 06 May 06, 11:42 PM

7 have a look at all the grime inside - yuk!

8 remove the standard springs and cups using allen key

9 remove standard pressure plate

**hhhjesus** · 06 May 06, 11:44 PM

10 all removed should look like this - now to put it all back together again

11 take anodised pressure plate and locate fixing mark

12 line up fixing point on anodised plate and clutch

**hhhjesus** · 06 May 06, 11:47 PM

13 push anodise plate into place.

14 secure anodised plate with new stainless springs & bolts & anodised cups.

15 ensuring clutch cover bolts go back where they came from attatch new open cover

**hhhjesus** · 06 May 06, 11:49 PM

16 new plate, spring,cups and cover all attatched.

17 put fairing back on bike - job done.

18 admire the view.

**hhhjesus** · 06 May 06, 11:50 PM

stand back and have a proper look

**Dan** · 07 May 06, 01:38 AM

A great post Triple H, thanks for all the hard work.
The finished result looks fantastic

**stu** · 07 May 06, 08:33 AM

as always great post and looks great with the new cover 8) 8)

**evertonal** · 07 May 06, 08:44 AM

Great post,i

f its that easy I might have a go myself!!!

**jamesguschi** · 07 May 06, 10:32 AM

WOW, WOW, THERE. STOP THE BUS BUD.

Hey hhhjesus. Great Post Bud. One warning though. When you take your Clutch Cover bolts off, you do not need to take the bolts at 11 and 8 O'Clock. These are only used in taking the righthand engine casing off. Have a look again at the cover and you will see that these 2 bolts at 8 and 11 O'Clock are countersunk. When you take the 4 bolts off and not 6 as you have these C C Bolts have a Torque setting of only 9NM's. The ones at 8 and 11 O'Clock are much greater. You want these bolts at their proper settings.
I am looking just now at my Manual for the setting for the casing bolts but it is a mine field looking for them.
I have marked the bolts from your original Photo to let you see.

I will get back to you and let you know what they are.

Jim

I have posted the diagramme for the engine cover. No luck on the Torque values as yet. As you can see it shows you them clearly. Tells you to refer to the Torque settings in Chapter 3. B*LLOCKS.

Anybody know what the name of the cover would be? I have looked under Engine Casings, R/Hand Clutch Main Housing etc, etc.

**hhhjesus** · 07 May 06, 01:05 PM

cheers jim i made sure they were tight enough b4 going 4 a spin , but if you can post the correct tensions ill get it sorted properly- thanks

**harriebird** · 07 May 06, 01:11 PM

well hhhjesus you saved me a job! i put my new plates in today and lovingly took step by step pics to help everyone.....but i don't need to post them now!

i'll put up my sorry plate pictures in a separate post......

new bits look gorgeous though, nice one!

**ducdaz** · 07 May 06, 05:23 PM

why do you have to line the dot on the pressure plate to that perticular peg?????????