Minor dry clutch upgrades?

[ducpainter]

Now that it's starting to warm up in my garage, I'm about ready to tackle this. I figure I'll clean things up first and see how it goes. Are there any special tools needed for this operation?

Take a scotch brite cookie to the steel plates and add a dished plate to the stack, installed the opposite way that the one that's already in there,  and the groan will stop.

Your local shop probably has a used clutch pack that will have a usable dished plate.

[d3vi@nt]

Finally got around to this; took the plates out and cleaned them per DP's advice. Other plates will need to be replaced soon, as they're fairly notched. Basket seems fine, though.

I did get some Corse Dynamics SS springs and keepers with Ti bolts to replace my nasty rusty ones. Ti bolts mostly because it wasn't that much more and I was curious how much (if any) lighter they actually were.

For those curious, the SS springs are 4g lighter (each) than stock and the Ti screws were negligible (no surprise).  The stock spring/cap/screw was 30g versus Corse Dynamics 20g; so 60g or approx. 2oz's lighter for the assembly.

Anyway, as a result of the cleaning and new springs, the clutch is a little quieter, lever pull is lighter and smoother and best of all, no more groan at launch (at least so far).

Thanks for all the feedback and advice.