My box from Beatrice Cycles came today bringing, among other things, a clutch nut tool and clutch basket holder. So I figured I may as well push forward on the clutch disassembly.
Everything pretty much went by the book. The screws holding the outer clutch cover were extremely tight, but thankfully not frozen (given that they were countersunk, if the impact driver couldn't get them out, I wouldn't have been able to Dremel them very easily). The cover itself was also tough to get off and I had to resort to using a screwdriver to wedge it out slowly around the edges.
A few other oddities, as usual. It seems that the cam plate assembly was damaged and then repaired. Also, the set spring had no little "arms" on it, meaning it could freely rotate around in a circle.
Some pictures...
The cam plate (showing a repair at the lower right?)
The outer clutch cover before removal (held by the two screws at the 2 and 7 o'clock spots).
The clutch basket holder tool - absolutely essential!
The clutch nut tool (uses a 3/8" drive).
The back of the clutch itself.
My set spring doesn't have the two little "teeth" that hold it in place. It didn't really look broken, though, so I'm guessing that someone just swapped in an incorrect part to make it work?
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