Topic: Outer clutch install help please

[Magpie]

Hi gang!
Any tips for installing the outer clutch basket? I can get it to within about a 1/4 to 1/8'th inch from home. The gear on the rear of the basket hasn't engaged the one on the kick starter yet. I have been tapping at it with the end of a deadblow hammer but it hasn't budged from the last few blows.  Any tips?
Cheers,
Cliff.

[750goes]

try moving the kickstarter by hand while wriggling the clutch baset left/right???

[Magpie]

Thanks 750 but there's no wiggle room. I had to use a puller to get it off. I wonder if I heat up the basket to expand it then try to slip it on/in? Sounds kind of kinky but it is Friday night.
Cheers,
Cliff.

[Magpie]

Heating will make it expand and the hole will be smaller.... DOH!! I'll try putting it in the freezer over night, when I get a puller to get it off. 
Cliff.

[mcpuffett]

Hi Cliff , i can't remember if they only go one way or not ? might be worth looking at , my f1 was tight going back on , cheers mick.

[Magpie]

Hi mc!
Don't know, I have several clutches and all the outers look the same. I'm trying another outer and I can get it about 1/4" away from home, it hasn't mated with the kick start gear and I'm afraid to keep pounding on it. The trans shaft is just held in by the 2 set rings and I don't know how much strain they can take without damaging the cases. It just doesn't seem right to keep beating on it. I must be missing something but the manual says to simply put it on the shaft.
Cheers,
Cliff.

[Magpie]

Got it!! A little heat and putting the kick start lever on the shaft to better control the kick start gear meshing with the basket.  Still learning at my age - imagine!
Cheers,
Cliff.

[merc2dogs]

 Normally if you stop learning it's because you've been placed in a box 

Ken.