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Flying Duck · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject: Do you think it would work?

Idea for inexpensive clutch plate alignment tool.

Get a piece of dowling or a pen or pencil that is the same diameter as the hole in the clutch spring. Then carefully roll electrical tape around it until to a diameter that is equal to the hole in the clutch plate.
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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:51 pm Post subject:

or a socket(with external tape if needed) to fit the spline opening and use the actual clutch rod.
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joeangi · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject:

The past two times that I did clutch work, I visually aligned the clutch plate as best as I could. I do not tighten the clutch plate screws down all the way (plate still able to move) then I slid in the transmission, until it is properly seated. Then I gently removed the transmission and torqued down the clutch plate.....worked well for me.

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Flying Duck · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject:

endoman100 · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject:

To bad you don't have a junk transmission that's not any good.

At a shop I worked at when I was 16, The owner of the shop took the spline shaft out of a bad transmission. cut it to the lenght he liked and always had a perfect fit. just throwing an old trick of the trade out there.
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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject:

malcolmt · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:08 am Post subject:

it will work, this is pretty much what i did on my last clutch job.
i used the clutch push rod and wound masking tape on it coz i'm cheap
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SugarHillCTD · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:48 am Post subject:

old guy old bike · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject:

I would consider going the other way. Start out with a dowel that fits the clutch disk and beaver the end down to fit the bushing. Real easy in a wood or metal lathe. You can also spin it with a drill motor and whittle it down with a wood rasp or sharp file.
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dryheat · Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Arizona

How about modifying the clutch alignment tool from an old beetle? I bought one for $4.00 at a local BAP imports. It fits the clutch disc perfectly; it just doesn't narrow down to fit in to the bearing. The one I bought is plastic and is hollow, possible drill out the center and fit the smaller piece inside? I was going to mess with this a while back; I ended up just using the "eyeball" method, which worked fine.
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Tim (Midland Section) · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject:

Like this ?

The shaft in the picture is the pushrod & the socket is a 3/8 drive whose hole has been drilled to tightly fit the pushrod.
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