primary spring change
- Thread starter kylant
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try and remove them all evenly, make sure to mark the cover and the clutch so it goes back on the way it came off, no loctite on the bolts, put them back in as even as you can and tighten them in a star pattern similar to lug nuts on a tire, done
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Follow the instructions above.
Be sure not to over tighten the bolts. Snug them up with a socket. When I was doing this a few years back I accidently set my torque wrench to double the ft/lbs and snapped the bolt in the hole... thankfully and luckily both pcs backed out when I removed the bolt... that was a "Oh SH**" moment followed by a "Wow I can't believe that just happened" lol.
Be sure not to over tighten the bolts. Snug them up with a socket. When I was doing this a few years back I accidently set my torque wrench to double the ft/lbs and snapped the bolt in the hole... thankfully and luckily both pcs backed out when I removed the bolt... that was a "Oh SH**" moment followed by a "Wow I can't believe that just happened" lol.
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as far s torqe I use 1/4" drive wrist tight
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I did that and was not as lucky, I had to drill out the bolt then re-tap to a 8mm bolt for all the bolts. Torque to 12 ftlbs. I do not guess anymore.
Make sure the bolts slide into the cover freely. In the last one I did, the bolts were so tight in the holes that it stretched them in the threads when the cover was originally installed at the factory. One of them snapped when I was putting it back together before the cover was even down all the way. I had to get all new bolts and then run a drill bit through the holes so the bolts were free.
It's pretty easy, just did it at a bar here in MI. Wanted to add some weight, we just took out bolts and cover on machine and lined back up the blue marks (or yellow) on cover when a friend held it in place. Took longer to get the magnets in my weights than getting cover and spring off/on.
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12 ft lb's, criss cross, don't over torque cover bolts, cam arm pins, primary bolt, especially primary bolt!.. as stated ^^^. And my '13 service manual says blue locktight on the coverplate bolt threads. Shouldn't be an issue though since these bolts all have lock washers.
if u use the clutch dummy tool it only takes a fraction of the time to remove/install that it normally would. With the tool and an impact, it takes me less than 10 minutes to compress secondary, remove primary bolt, thread in tool, compress spring, take off cover, change springs, and reverse process, while still cleaning up the threads, re-locktighting, and torquing each bolt, criss cross... great tool for changing weights too, removing/installing cover, changing spring, checking for binding, etc. Safe for you, safe for the coverplate bolt threads, easy to use, cheap, no brainer
if u use the clutch dummy tool it only takes a fraction of the time to remove/install that it normally would. With the tool and an impact, it takes me less than 10 minutes to compress secondary, remove primary bolt, thread in tool, compress spring, take off cover, change springs, and reverse process, while still cleaning up the threads, re-locktighting, and torquing each bolt, criss cross... great tool for changing weights too, removing/installing cover, changing spring, checking for binding, etc. Safe for you, safe for the coverplate bolt threads, easy to use, cheap, no brainer
