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Old 08-02-2017 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Roelof
Basically w/o many minutes of video:

- build up the clutch w/o shims.
- the spring nut can normally set one turn more from flush with the flywheel nut
- be sure the clutchbell can be pushed against the shoe, if not take out the inside bearing.
- the gap is the amount of movement of the bell when you push it against the shoe as a zero point and pull it as far from the shoe.
- with shims on top of the thrust bearing you can set the gap, I use mostly 0.6mm with a new shoe, 0.7 with a used shoe.
- The endplay is set with shims against the flywheel nut, fill it up until the axial play is arround 0.1~0.2mm

Then when started the engine set the engage point of the clutch with the spring nut.
When the clutch gets more slip after some use, just move an 0.1 or 0.2mm mm endplay shim to the gap shims.
Roelef said it all u should not have a problem following what he said but main thing is when checking the clutch after use is to recognize what it's doing the clutch and how to reset it after it seats in and don't just be like oh it only feels like it's a tad more play and then leave it, u just check it the right way it takes work but this is what it is.
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