In the past I've used this time honoured method: lay the clutch cover down flat and upside down then fill it with ATF, position the gasket on whichever surface you think it will stay put on, then quickly turn the clutch cover up 90 degrees and slap it on, hoping enough oil goes in to do the job.
Couldn't seem to make that work today, oil went everywhere but in the compartment, the gasket got torn etc.
While pondering the drippy situation I noticed that the clutch cover screw hole close to the blanking plug (about half way up the cover)breaks right thru to the clutch compartment. It only took a few minutes to fashion a filler mechanism to fill via this screw hole.
This way one can take time to carefully position the gasket and tighten all screws except the filler screw before filling with oil. After filling the compartment, I put some permatex on the screw that goes in this filler hole.
Prior to this I have considered adding a filler plug to the arrangement, but didn't want to change the appearance of the primary or clutch cover. If none of the clutch cover screw holes breaks thru on your bike, you could pick one that is up reasonably high and drill it such that it can be the filler hole.
Using one of the clutch cover screw holes for a filler works well, it just takes a few minutes to put about 12 oz or so in the compartment and I did not spill a drop. I more than made up for that earlier by spilling about a litre and a half!
For the filler tube at the bike end, I used a plastic cover from a female electrical bullet connector. I ground a little taper on the end that pushes into the threaded primary case hole so that the connector could be pushed in and would stay in and seal nicely. Before pushing it in, about 6 inches of 3/8 heat shrink tubing was placed over about half the length of the connector then heated until it shrunk down tight. The other end of the 3/8 heat shrink was pushed over the outlet of a small funnel.
The other advantage of this method is that I actually know how much oil is in there and can put a specific amount in. With the other method I really had no idea whether a lot, a little or no oil remained trapped in the compartment.
Glen
Couldn't seem to make that work today, oil went everywhere but in the compartment, the gasket got torn etc.
While pondering the drippy situation I noticed that the clutch cover screw hole close to the blanking plug (about half way up the cover)breaks right thru to the clutch compartment. It only took a few minutes to fashion a filler mechanism to fill via this screw hole.
This way one can take time to carefully position the gasket and tighten all screws except the filler screw before filling with oil. After filling the compartment, I put some permatex on the screw that goes in this filler hole.
Prior to this I have considered adding a filler plug to the arrangement, but didn't want to change the appearance of the primary or clutch cover. If none of the clutch cover screw holes breaks thru on your bike, you could pick one that is up reasonably high and drill it such that it can be the filler hole.
Using one of the clutch cover screw holes for a filler works well, it just takes a few minutes to put about 12 oz or so in the compartment and I did not spill a drop. I more than made up for that earlier by spilling about a litre and a half!
For the filler tube at the bike end, I used a plastic cover from a female electrical bullet connector. I ground a little taper on the end that pushes into the threaded primary case hole so that the connector could be pushed in and would stay in and seal nicely. Before pushing it in, about 6 inches of 3/8 heat shrink tubing was placed over about half the length of the connector then heated until it shrunk down tight. The other end of the 3/8 heat shrink was pushed over the outlet of a small funnel.
The other advantage of this method is that I actually know how much oil is in there and can put a specific amount in. With the other method I really had no idea whether a lot, a little or no oil remained trapped in the compartment.
Glen
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