Clutch Cover
 

I've been servicing my bike and alls going well until I came to take the clutch cover off last night, I've removed the 10 allen bolts and used a rubber mallet on the top, bottom and sides but it wont budge.

I dont need a puller for this side case do I?

Nope

Hmmmmm....

I wondered if there were more screws - but Haynes also says there are only 10 and that a soft faced mallet is all that should be needed to 'tap' around and break any gasket seal.

F.

Are you taking the clutch cover off or are you taking the clutch housing off??

Clutch cover = about 6 bots
Clutch housing = about 15 bolts + sealer etc

If you are servicing your bike, I would say that you need nly to take the clutch cover off to get to the clutch - why do you need to take the housing off?

Khushy

On my 620 Sport I can only see the one cover/housing (10 bolts) to remove, there does appear to be some sealant around the edges, so it could be just this that I need to overcome but I wanted to check before I contnue tapping the housing with the mallet.

I need to get into the clutch to check the plates are okay, as Baines said the clutch noise was abit louder/unusual than normal, and could well be broken steel plates which they saw a few times last year.

That'll be all the extra power from the high-comp big bore kits...

if you only want to check the plates - surely you only need to take off the clutch cover and NOT the housing???

khushy

On some of the wet clutches they are the one and same thing. Depends on model and year, tbh.

Its a wet clutch on the 620s, which is not the same as the 996 type - there is no 6 bolt cover that can be removed.

Glen - if you've checked that all the bolts are out around the casing, it should come off relatively easily.

Bigger hammer !!!! :o:o:o:o:o:o ????

Tim

ooooops - thanks Tim

the 620 clutch cover is the same than the latest 600, and I think there should be 13 bolts not 10...

Then a rubber hammer and you're done.

Let your team technicians do it :lol:

Its a 620 WET clutch not a 900/996 type
Butch

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Its a 620 WET clutch not a 900/996 type
Butch [/quote]

You out and about again then ?? Hope the move went well. Did you see my reply to your post on the stickers thread ? Still no U2U or email so not sure if you are still having email probs ??.

Thanks for the ideas guys, you were right Tim - if in doubt get a bigger hammer :D ... last night I managed to borrow a big hide mallet and that did the trick after a few whacks around the cover (it was explained to me that the rubber mallet 'bounces' off the case, whereas the hide mallet almost 'stops dead' on contact with the case and so passes the force onto the case instead of kicking back), case was held on with threebond type stuff (no paper gasket). Checked all the all the plates and they were fine and the basket had no groves in it as well, so no problems there. Off to Baines later to pickup a paper gasket to make it easier in future. As for the unusal clutch noise I think I need to compare mine to others at the same time, in case I'm being paranoid