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I now thank you all again!!
Here are some pictures and my observations:
1. This was WAY too easy...
2. Time 1hr 48 minutes to do (I took my time, and had at least a half hour lunch to let them soak)
3. The pink dot was not between the arrows. I marked where it was and put the dots all back in that notch.
4. My 2012 does have the wire retainer holding in the 8th steel. A phillip screwdriver works nice to pry it out without harming it. To remove and reinstall it, you need to lightly depress the 8th steel to get the wire back in its notches.
5. The first and last plates were wet with oil, the rest were sticky... not oily.
6. The goo, had the consitency of axle grease you would find on the outside of a tie rod end boot of a 50 year old tractor left sitting in a field for thirty years, and the tackiness of it felt exactly like that of the adhesive on a "post it" note. (I smeared it in one pic.. hoping to convey the consistency)
7. The goo was also found inside of the basket, not just, but along with some loose friction material. (kinda like the centrifugal "oil filter" my 69 and 73 honda CL175's had)
8. I did not go crazy with the brake parts cleaner on the frictions, i just wiped the surface with a lint free cloth dampened with it. (in fear of it's solvent action washing the sludge further into the plates)
9. I made sure to seperate and move the friction plates around during their soak, in the hopes of keeping them as wet as possible and and maybe rinsing more crud off.
10. I need to take longer rides, there was some condensate behind the damper (thats whats its called in the FSM) on the clutch cover.
11. Tthe tools in the last pic are all that were needed... I got way too many out
12. This forum and it's members are an amazing resource.
Start time
9 screws, 2 plastic rivets, and a turn signal connector and the tupperware is off.
10 bolts, (11 if you choose not to just bend the hose retainer) and the cover is off.
No oil was spilled (it rested on the kickstand the whole time)
6 more bolts and the spring, spring retainer, and pressure plate are gone.
Notice the notch with the arrows, and where the pink dots are... I did not see any logic, so returned them to the factory space.
Too many short trips in cold weather... condensation makes me ill when i see it inside a motor.
The crud stuck to the basket. The wire clip is easily pryed out with a phillips ...just pop one out 1st.. then guide the wire out of its notches, you may need to press on the steel disc to ease it out, then guide the other end out carefully. Mine did not deform at all.
Brand new bikes shouldn't have to look like this.
The steels should all look like the one between 8 and 9, and not like the one inset. The other arrow shows the wire retainer.
This black material was not loose friction material.. it was thick sticky gunk.
Brake parts cleaner does remove this, with some scrubbing.
Lunch time !!! (they probably soaked for 40 minutes)
25 bolts, 2 plastic rivets, turn signal connector, all back in... All done.
4 and 5 mm hex sockets, 10mm regular socket, curved picks easily remove plates, FSM for torque values, knife for old rotella bottle.
Thanks all !!
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