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Clutch Replacement
Written by unlikelylogi... on 12/29/2008 at 03:32 am

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Rudy Gallucci" <rudyg@...> wrote:
>...
> It appears all I probably needed was the springs. I pulled the clutch
> and the only 2 plates darkened at all are the front and back 2 plates
> which are different than the rest and probably take more of the
> slipping load. They still look good. The rest of the plates look
> brand new and are still brown in color.
>...
> Rudy

The clutch on 'oldWing started slipping not too long after I checked
the clutch plates and discs while replacing the stator. (The engine
had to come out of the frame for that little job.) I discovered that
I could just do the clutch replacement with the engine in the frame.
(That did require a larger "swear jar".)

When I went to the friendly not-quite-local Honda dealer to pick up
the new discs I had a chat with one of the service folks. They said
that they had never seen a Honda clutch disc below the wear limit,
they always failed by glazing. When I compared the texture of my
Bakelite discs to their cork-n-rubber discs it was clearly time for
replacements.

YMMV,
Seth