Quickly remove you Elcon or Lauterbach clutch
January 26, 2009 by Baja Planet
Filed under Tips & Tricks
A quick and easy way to remove you elcon or lauterbach clutch. all you need is a piston lock, a pair of needle nose pliers, and a screwdriver.
These clutches use the taper to lock onto the crankshaft. To remove them follow these simple steps.
- Remove the spark plug and install the piston stopper
- Insert the tips of the neddle nose pliers into a pair of the holes directly opposite from each other on the face of the clutch. You can do this on both clutches
- Insert a screwdriver between the plier tips and use it as a lever
- Wrench on the screwdriver. All you need to do is break the taper lock. After you do that the clutch falls off.
This is a quick and dirty way to remove these clutches. On the elcon clutch be careful not to tweak the thin cover plate with the tips of the pliers.
Submitted by:
Brice Arnold
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