Struggling to get the clutch off my 550

[Outlaw333]

Hi all,

 

I'm really struggling to get the clutch off my 550, does anybody have any words of wisdom for a chap left scratching his head? I have used recoil rope to stop the piston and have tried my combi spanner and a hammer to crack it but I don't really want to tonk it any harder without someone in the know to tell me it's ok!

 

Thanks in advance

[josharb87]

Are you undoing it clockwise or anti clockwise?

[Stubby]

Its a lefthanded thread . I find if you make sure the decomp is poped out fully , with a aluminium or copper drift and a mallet a couple of sharp taps and it spins off . Compression is usually enough I find . There will be some little indicators / arrows for direction to spin off and some little flats to rest the drift on .

[mendiplogs]

Its a lefthanded thread . I find if you make sure the decomp is poped out fully , with a aluminium or copper drift and a mallet a couple of sharp taps and it spins off . Compression is usually enough I find . There will be some little indicators / arrows for direction to spin off and some little flats to rest the drift on .

 

Hi stubby well done mate I was just going say EDDY OR STUB ON here thanks jon COME ON BATH

[Mark Bolam]

As above, but clutch removal tools are the kiddie, and only cost about £6.

 

 

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[Macpherson]

I could only add that if it`s fairly tight like the last one I did, the combi spanner`s not ideal, better with a proper 1/2" drive socket and a t-bar which also keeps the hammer well clear of the expensive bits.

[Joe Newton]

As above, but clutch removal tools are the kiddie, and only cost about £6.

 

 

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Where'd you get that from Mark?

 

I need a skin graft every time I change sprockets.

[Mark Bolam]

I'm not telling you.

 

 

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[Homegrown]

Its a lefthanded thread . I find if you make sure the decomp is poped out fully , with a aluminium or copper drift and a mallet a couple of sharp taps and it spins off . Compression is usually enough I find . There will be some little indicators / arrows for direction to spin off and some little flats to rest the drift on .

 

As Stubby says but I use a small electric impact driver rather than the mallet.

[Stubby]

As Stubby says but I use a small electric impact driver rather than the mallet.

 

I tend not to use the hexigan . Just use a drift on one of the flats on the clutch metal shoe . works a treat .