Fitting New Clutch Plates + Springs Q!

RS125_Tecky · Trackday Trickster Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Karma :

Fitting some new EBC clutch plates and springs to my 2001 zx6r this weekend.

I've heard you have to soak the plates in oil over night, is this correct?

Also what oil do you use, new / used?

I have some new 4t engine oil, will this be ok to soak the plates in overnight?

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Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

I would have thought new oil, get them as saturated as possible, but you don't want any bits or anything. Soak them for a good 12 hours. Make sure you check the oil level once it's all sorted, too.

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Kram · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Karma :

i soaked my plates in 4t oil for about 6-7 hours while i was prepping bike/other things, and never had a problem.

Just make sure you use a torque wrench on the pressure plate bolts (as the all have to be even - at about 6Nm or something like that:s)
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Barry_M2 · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Karma :

You dont need to soak them over night, or even for a few hours or minutes.

Just pour some new oil into a shallow tray, and coat each plate and slide onto the basket. Its just to get the plates lubed up for when you first start the engine with a new clutch in.

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RS125_Tecky · Trackday Trickster Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Karma :

So just smear some of the 4t oil over them prior to fitting?

I dont have a torque wrench, where could I get one from and roughly how much.

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Kram · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Karma :

i'm not sure where u can get one which will only do such small tension.

But i did mine, by slowly undoing it, and seeing how much pressure it took, then duplicated this on doing the bolts up again.
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RS125_Tecky · Trackday Trickster Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Karma :

cheers for clearing it up?

Now I just need a torque wrench before weekend, where from? Shocked

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Visitor Q · $25 whore Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Karma :

it doesnt have NM on it, and is closer to 25 delivered.

Plus if im torqing i want to know damn sure its a good wrench.

You can snap bolts on a good one before the click, let alone bargain ones.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Torque wrenchg Confused

I fail to see what difference it can possibly make to your clutch if the bolt torques aren't exactly even. Just make sure they aren't going to come undone. The preload on the springs is set by the length of the 'tubes' the bolts screw down into. Altering how tight the bolt is torqued down will affect the length of these tubes not a jot.

Obviously, a torque wrench is handy if you want to make sure you are 'tight enough but not too tight' in terms of either bolts coming undone or shearing.

I stand ready to be corrected on this.

On another point, I thought you had to soak the plates for a while because the friction material is (usually) made of cork which needs to soak up a certain amount of oil.

Again, I stand ready to be corrected.

Putting my money where my mouth is. I'm fitting new plates and springs to my KLE tomorrow. The plates are already in soaking and I have no intention of using a torque wrench.
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Kram · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Karma :

i would have thought that you would need to use a torque wrench on the pressure plate screws, so that they are all even, so the pressure plate moves evenly on and off the clutch plates, thus evenly wearing the clutch, and making it smoother.

possibly:S
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