When I had the cover off last year I noticed I had a broken cushion spring. Didn't lose any bits, it appears to have broken neatly in 2 pieces. So I've got the basket off and I'm about to start drilling the original rivets. I've got the Mikes kit in hand. Anybody else done this? Any tips? Hazards? Caveats? I also did the new starter gear and spring clip, tightening up the old clip helped, but it was still an issue, so I figured as long as I was in there. I'm also gonna mod my clutch spring screws to the hex/sleeve configuration while I'm at it, it'll justify getting a vise for my HF drill press. I'll get some pics of the operation as it goes and post 'em up.
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Doing the clutch cushion springs
- Thread starter Pat D
- Start date
CDNTX650
XS650 Guru
The rivets can be a bastard to drill...
Use red loc tite for the nuts after.
Use red loc tite for the nuts after.
Sounds good. The rivets hard material? I suppose replacing them with aluminum aircraft rivets would be a bad idea(though I have a few thousand in stock). I'll just center punch the ones in there now and go slow on the drill press with plenty of oil. I drilled all the clutch spring bolts for spacers yesterday without a major issue, hopefully that continues.
