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And here is the Clutch in it naked form, Before I start pulling the clutch apart I cleaned up all the old Gasket goo, cleaned up any old oil and wiped everything down ready to start work.
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In this Pic I am removing the Screws and springs from the pressure plate, When the last one is loosened I had my hand on the clutch, just to stop anything coming apart or flying out.
When all the Screws were out I gave every thing another wipe down to remove old oil.
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This is the pressure plate being lifted out from the clutch, while I was removing the Pusher plate (as Ducati calls it) I was holding clutch plates in place as they are now quite loose and could fall out quite easily.
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Behold! The Evil Nut!
In this shot you will notice the 3 small springs (for the slipper assembly, shown at the 5, 1 and 9 o'clock positions in the clutch.
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After about 5 minutes of juggling the Clutch plates I decided to remove them, they were in the way, make sure if you remove them, you keep them in the exact sequence and facing they were removed.
While doing other things I made sure to Zip tie them together in case they were bumped they would not get out of sequence.
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I did not get a shot of my cursing, sweating and swearing while my wife sat on the bike while I used the 32mm socket and breaker bar to remove the nut. That little bastard was super tight!
She sat on the bike and held down the rear brake, I used a long bar and got the nut off. (Sounds almost offensive!
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I did not remove the nut completely, just brought it forward, cleaned up the thread of oil/debris put on some Red Loctite and then re-secured the nut using 140 Ft pounds/190nm of Torque.
EDIT: Good suggestion from Bazz20 on the OzMonsters Forum, Use some Loctite primer to ensure the best possible performance of the Loctite red, considering how important of a job this Loctite is doing, I think it is a very smart suggestion.
You will notice in this Pic I have reinstalled the Clutch plates and the 3 small springs.
You will notice the arrow and notch in the basket, I'm not sure if they were meant to be lined up, but I lined them up anyway. I then left the assembly in this form overnight while the Loctite cured.
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With the Pressure plate, springs and spring caps back in place I tested the clutch for movement (all appears fine) I then engaged 1st gear and tried to move the bike back and forward with the clutch engaged and disengaged to check for any problems,slip, Etc, again all appears fine.
(And yes, this was with the engine off, remember, no Casing, no Oil)
I applied a thin layer of gasket goo and a Gasket from Ca Cycleworks and proceeded to put the Casing back on.
Check for correct tension of the Casing bolts and filled up the Oil, left it overnight and checked for leaks in the morning (nothing)
I started the bike and checked the clutch in the Garage, it seems to all fine, but with in raining I won't be doing a proper road test today.
*Update* After a break in the rain, I have done a road test, it all appears to shifting fine with no slipping.