Topic: Dammit

[gunr]

I put a new set of clutch discs in my 77K yesterday but had to jump to a friends project right after.
After we finished his job I came back home.
As I'm thinking about adjusting the clutch I realize I put the discs in backwards!
The discs have a radial groove in them to allow the oil to sling out of them.  I placed them with the groove facing this way \\\ but when you place the drum in the basket it's reversed.
Unfortunately this didn't occur to me until everything was back together. Luckily I have another cover gasket so tomorrow I'll fix my mistake.
Any job worth doing is worth doing twice.
I did successfully grind a 7/8 socket into the tool needed to remove the nut that holds thing together.

[HondaMan]

I wish I could say that I've never done that, either.
But I can't...
When run that way the clutch soon starts slipping for a while when the lever is released because the oil has a longer dwell time in the grooves as it tries to squish its way out. The brand-new clutch then slips!

[gunr]

Hondaman,
do the steel plates sharp edge go towards the engine or the rounded edges?

[PeWe]

You do not need to change gasket under clutch cover as long as it is not broken or very old and hard.

I prefer lightgreen Honda gaskets. No  problem to open clutch cover several times.
Same with all other cover gaskets.

Clutch cover gasket can be damaged when trying to remove it when sticked to cases.
Needed when removing the outer steel basket. Not for taking out the discs package.

[gunr]

PeWe,
Do you know how the steel plates should be facing in the pack?  There's a sharp squared edge and a rounded chamfered edge on the plates.
Which way should face the bike?

[PeWe]

I usually face sharp edge inwards.
I think most people do that.

[Kelly E]

Hondaman,
do the steel plates sharp edge go towards the engine or the rounded edges?

If you look closely at the edges of the steels and the frictions. You can see the parting lines from being stamped out creating the sharp and rounded edges. Stack all of the parts the same way, it doesn't matter which edge is out as long as the parts are all stacked the same.

[gunr]

Thanks so much guys! It's probably been 40 years since I've had one of these apart!

[HondaMan]

Hondaman,
do the steel plates sharp edge go towards the engine or the rounded edges?

Like PeWe said: most of them I have replaced in virgin engines were with the sharp side in toward the engine.
As long as they are all stacked the same way, though, it usually works out fine: just don't alternate them.
This orientation ensures they all flex in the same direction when the clutch is loaded. This helps the oil enter-exit uniformly between the plates when operating it.