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I have a quick two questions, I'm trying to remove my clutch basket and it seems that the last person there didn't believe in torque specs, because when I shift into 6th gear, stick a 2x4 in the rear wheel and try to remove the nut (undid the peening*) the basket still spins, slowly. I tried removing the bolt holding the ignition timing key/rotor using the same method and I could hear the engine turning over and the cylinders "breathing." So anyone have any ideas? will an impact driver help? (sorry no air tools available) and is it ok that the clutch will still spin. All help will be appreciated as I would rather not have to take the bike to the shop to have two bolts loosened for me. Thanks.

 

The torque on that nut is in the 95 ft/pound range and its been on there for a while. I doubt someone could have overtightened it. And impact gun will shock in loose, otherwise you need the holding tool to hold the basket.

 

Honda makes a tool that sits in some boss holes in the basket, but I used an electric impact gun to get mine off. Maybe rent one for a day?

 

Since you're in SoCal now, if you want to haul it to my place I'd be glad to give you a hand with it. I have air tools....

 

big ole +1 to demon. i've used air tools every time i've had to do it. 95 ft/lbs and all of the ones i've seen have been slightly staked. a good air wrench will back that off in a second or two

 

Thanks for the ideas and I might just need to fill the bike up with oil and ride it over to my local motor pool. What about one of those electric impact wrenches, would that work? And when I replace the parts I will be using a torque wrench, I have an OCD like fixation about torque specs for some reason. Demon, I'll might just have to take you up on that offer later, I keep wanting to buy a compressor but every time I look in my wallet its empty.

 

Yeah, those e-torque wrenches work fine. I used one like this:


It's awesome. You set in your torque on the screen and hammer it until the screen flashes. They aren't cheap (~$200), but I have found they work just as good as the pneumatic ones.