Allright, I bought some new clutch friction plates for the xt 125, 4 little round ones, they smell! I took the kickstart off, then the clutch cover with the gasket on it, then the clutch bolts and springs, then the pressure plate, then one by one the friction plates and the steels in between them came out. I'm now soaking the new friction plates in oil overnight as I want to try fit them tommorow evening. But the steel plates, which look fine, no funny colours just a nice silver and with a light bit of oil left in places, do I need to soak them in new oil too or can I just put them back in as they are then let the new oil soak into them once I put the side panel etc back on and fill the engine up?
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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
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yamaha xt clutch change help
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Sometimes its good to replace them as a set but if there are no grooves you might be ok
You shouldn't have to soak the steel plates, you only have to soak the friction plates because they are fibrous/porous. If you set them straight in and ran the motor without soaking the friction plates they get hot really quickly and when they break up it can get messy.
Its good practice to line the steels with oil when you install them though and make sure you put them back in the same alternating order as they came out I.e. friction-steel-friction etc. Also sometimes one friction plate will be a different diameter and the different one will either be 1st or second from the front, closely check the ones that came out to be sure.
You shouldn't have to soak the steel plates, you only have to soak the friction plates because they are fibrous/porous. If you set them straight in and ran the motor without soaking the friction plates they get hot really quickly and when they break up it can get messy.
Its good practice to line the steels with oil when you install them though and make sure you put them back in the same alternating order as they came out I.e. friction-steel-friction etc. Also sometimes one friction plate will be a different diameter and the different one will either be 1st or second from the front, closely check the ones that came out to be sure.