1.	Always ensure vehicle and heavy parts are securely supported and cannot trap hit or crush you.

2.	Always ensure battery is disconnected to prevent short circuits and fires.

1.	Make a note of which side of centre plate is the flywheel side.

3.	Cleaning and inspection

1.

After removing clutch, thoroughly clean bell-housing, flywheel, primary shaft and all surrounding areas and parts to ensure there will be no contamination to clutch lining or mating friction surfaces. (Failing to do this will cause clutch judder; asbestos free linings are significantly harder than asbestos ones and will not work correctly with any contamination).

2.	Inspect flywheel for heat crazing, grooves, or hotspots if any found machine or replace flywheel (as asbestos free linings are significantly harder than asbestos ones and will not bed in).

3.	Inspect all the linkages and parts to make sure they are not worn or damaged.

4.	With clean hands make sure the clutch cover fits the flywheel.

5.	With clean hands inspect clutch plate making sure that the centre plate can slide freely on its primary shaft and the shaft is not worn (as this may course centre plate to not be effective in its movement i.e. clutch not clearing).

6.

Inspect the release bearing making sure it can slide freely on its shaft and that the shaft is not worn (as this may cause release bearing to not be effective in its movement i.e. clutch not clearing or not possible to depress clutch pedal and also could cause clutch to be held in released position).

4.

Fitting

1.

We always recommend that hub spline and bearing carrier is lubricated sparingly applying lithium grease using a loaded toothbrush reserved specifically for this purpose.  Excess grease will cause premature failure through clutch drag, judder or slip. Friction material and grease do not mix. Copper based grease should not be used because copper particles damage ball races and thrust surfaces in the release bearing.

2.	Clutch plate has to be centralized with a tool when fitting clutch. (Failure to do this causes damage to the centre plate resulting in the clutch not working at all or impossible to fit gearbox).

3.	The Gear box should be supported and lined up correctly. Hanging the gear box on centre plate will result in the centre plate being bent or spline damage (clutch not clearing and difficult to fit gearbox).

4.	The Gear box should be left in gear so you can turn the primary shaft from outside the bell housing to line up the spline on the primary shaft with centre plate spline.