Skub, this is where it gets interesting. The idea is basically the same for all motorcycles. The parts all look similar.
What isnt similar is the access to said parts. Our bikes have these pieces in a nasty spot, for access. If you had the entire engine broken down, no big deal, but most are not going to do that just to replace the spring.
The spring and these shift parts do not have instructions. The idea here is you shouldn't be installing these parts if you dont know how to do the work. It makes sense.
The two secrets are:
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1...Stuff something into the bottom of this area that you are working in. If you dont, anything you drop ends up in the oil pan. Cut up sections from a plastic milk jug would be perfect. Thin and strong so nothing gets by.
2...The new spring is stiff to compress with your fingers. To install it, it needs to be compressed and there is no room for your fingers to attempt compressing . What you do is hold the spring up against a wall. Compress it. While its compressed, wrap a piece of safety wire around it. Holding it in the compressed position. Now it's simple to install. Once everything is bolted in place, cut off the safety wire and remove it.
That's it. You are welcome. I just saved you six hours having to remove the oil pan, or trying to figure out how to assemble.
See how the hear blocks access? That's the issue. Concours 14, zx14, simple. Sv650, simple...This one needs a trained monkey.
Even though mine took a long time. Yea, I wasnt expecting a small sleeve to be inside of the stock spring. My sleeve dropped into the oil pan, so I had to remove the exhaust and oil pan to fish it out. So mone took forever. I taught myself some new swear words that day.
It was still worth doing. The spring is way, way overpriced if you consider just the spring, itself. Its not so overpriced when you figure Marc had to install, and test 20-25 springs before he found the perfect wire thickness and diameter for our specific bike. I I theres no way to prove this, and I'm talking out of my ass when I say this, but if these parts avoid transmission damage, it's worth whatever the price is, and I think they do help avoid damage.
The spring is the difficult one. The star would be easy. I didnt need a new clutch cover gasket. That's only because I have 2 spare gaskets in the cuppboard, I'm sure.