wfooshee
O, Woe is me!!
I replaced my CCT today (what did you do with your holiday?) for no real reason other than worrying about having almost 75,000 miles on it and being 8-1/2 years old. (Bike was delivered to original owner in December '02, VIN number ends in 000061.) I had no "can-o-marbles" sound, no chain slapping noise, nothin'. Cheap part, though, and not as hard to replace as I'd been given to believe (more momentarily.)
The new part does indeed have a longer plunger. The old part, once in my hand, seemed to work with silky smoothness, and would extend fully every time I cranked it back and latched the spring retracted.
As for "easier to remove:" I never found a 1/4" wobble extension, and was unable to get a socket onto the lower bolt at all. I could get a wrench onto it from underneath, but didn't have enough movement range before hitting the clutch cover.
Hey, wait a minute ..... Turns out removing the clutch cover gives an 8mm box wrench inserted from underneath plenty of swing room to work the lower bolt. Easy-peasy. Obvious warning, though: don't drop anything in there or you'll be learning about oil pan removal. I stuffed the space with clean rags. And yes, I removed the crankshaft cover, too, and zip-tied the chain before pulling the old CCT.
For reference, to anybody wondering, none of the gaskets tore as the covers came off, and I also could have reused the CCT gasket. That one I'd already ordered, though, so a new one went on.
The new part does indeed have a longer plunger. The old part, once in my hand, seemed to work with silky smoothness, and would extend fully every time I cranked it back and latched the spring retracted.
As for "easier to remove:" I never found a 1/4" wobble extension, and was unable to get a socket onto the lower bolt at all. I could get a wrench onto it from underneath, but didn't have enough movement range before hitting the clutch cover.
Hey, wait a minute ..... Turns out removing the clutch cover gives an 8mm box wrench inserted from underneath plenty of swing room to work the lower bolt. Easy-peasy. Obvious warning, though: don't drop anything in there or you'll be learning about oil pan removal. I stuffed the space with clean rags. And yes, I removed the crankshaft cover, too, and zip-tied the chain before pulling the old CCT.
For reference, to anybody wondering, none of the gaskets tore as the covers came off, and I also could have reused the CCT gasket. That one I'd already ordered, though, so a new one went on.
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