Clutch centre bolt advice.

[StormingHonda]

Sorry to begin this isnt about a VTR1000 But about my Hornet 600, I have posted on the Hornet owner forum but its about as usefull as a chocolate tea pot and less liverly as a morgue on there.

I am going to chane the clutch plates on my 600 Hornet, howver I need a tool to hold the clutch still whilst remove the centre nut, is there any way of doing it without using a tool or am I stuffed here, I have one for the VTR1000 but obviously it wont fit the Hornet.

Cheers

[Wicky]

IIRC You shouldn't need to take the basket off to change the clutch plates

http://www.hondahornet.org.uk/messagebo ... 10&t=20355

If you still need to get it orf then > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB600-F ... 20cd621478

[StormingHonda]

Cheers for the quick reply mate, the earlier Hornets you need to remove the centre nut to get the outter housing off to get the plate n stuff off, the later ones you don't

I just wondered if they was a way around it without having to buy tools I would only use every 30K miles.

For the price of the tool I might as well chuck it in the shop.

[mattycoops43]

Presumably you only need to stop it turning. Just need a bit of plate cut to the right shape to fit into the basket and jam against something substantial in the casing. There must be someone nearby who can make something?

Actually, can't you undo two clutch spring bolts and get a bit of flat bar, drill two holes and replace with the bolts to make a handle?

Always a way round, just needs some ingenuity.

[Wicky]

Get someone to apply the rear brake.

[8541Hawk]

Or as we call redneck engineering here in the states......
put the bike in gear,
place a 2X4 through the spokes in the rear wheel and rest it on the swingarm.

Now when you turn the bolt, the wheel will rotate until the 2X4 locks the rear wheel and swingarm together and you are good to go

[mattycoops43]

Or as we call redneck engineering here in the states......
put the bike in gear,
place a 2X4 through the spokes in the rear wheel and rest it on the swingarm.

Now when you turn the bolt, the wheel will rotate until the 2X4 locks the rear wheel and swingarm together and you are good to go

This!

I have used this to get front sprocket nuts off, and I am sure clutch basket bolt will be less torque than that!

[tony.mon]

Or as we call redneck engineering here in the states......
put the bike in gear,
place a 2X4 through the spokes in the rear wheel and rest it on the swingarm.

Now when you turn the bolt, the wheel will rotate until the 2X4 locks the rear wheel and swingarm together and you are good to go

This!

I have used this to get front sprocket nuts off, and I am sure clutch basket bolt will be less torque than that!

Nope. Look at the torque figures in the manual.
70, I think, for the clutch centre nut...

I posted something ages back in the Workshop Knowledgebase, using an old can strap round the generator rotor to clamp it against the LH side footrest.

I was just using whatever came to hand, but it worked well enough.

[StormingHonda]

The centre nut torque setting is 108nm so its quite a lot, according to the Honda manaul

[Wicky]

If you have a breaker bar and a length of scaffold pole that'lll give you some leverage.

The centre nut torque setting is 108nm so its quite a lot, according to the Honda manaul