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missing clutch spring

alke46

alke46

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I'm replacing all gaskets on the GS and today I pulled the clutch cover off and much to my surprise, I was treated to another PO screw-up. Apparently when another owner decided to replace the clutch springs they snapped the bolt holding the last one in. Instead of fixing it, they just left out the spring due to not being able to remove the broken bolt.

POs, don't you just have to love 'em?

I guess now I will have to remove the rest of them and check the condition of the contents of the clutch basket.

Funny thing is, I tore into this engine to replace the valve stem seals and to check the rings as I was using a lot of oil. It has turned into a near complete restoration process. Just wish I had known then what I know now, I could have just as easily removed the engine and properly done a total restore/refresh.

Just venting here.
 
Yes, I am. When I had the oil pan off, it was clean.
 
Well at least you've had the cheap damage happen... If they'd broken off the alloy stem the bolt screws into it gets much worse very quickly.
I'd pull the clutch basket and remove that broken screw on the bench.
 
Egads. Hard to believe it ran so well.
 
Also discovered the hub nut was not tight. How does this even happen when the washer has been bent over to prevent the nut from coming loose?

I have ordered a replacement nut to fit the 1150 engine so maybe with a bit of thread locker on it, it will play nice with the rest of the bike.
 
alke46 said:
Also discovered the hub nut was not tight. How does this even happen when the washer has been bent over to prevent the nut from coming loose?

I have ordered a replacement nut to fit the 1150 engine so maybe with a bit of thread locker on it, it will play nice with the rest of the bike.
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Not engaging the oil pump drive properly before tightening up is one way to do it.
 
My son bought a 550 Yamaha that had one of the six studs broken off. We found it after he decided to blow some money on aftermarket upgrades, even tho we'd never had a problem because of it.
 
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