# Clutch guru's

**URL:** <https://londonbikers.com/t/clutch-gurus/78957>\
**Category:** Off-topic\
**Created:** [30 April 2009 23:25 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/clutch-gurus/78957 "2009-04-30T23:25:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Choprocker](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Choprocker](https://londonbikers.com/u/Choprocker)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2009 23:25 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/clutch-gurus/78957/1 "2009-04-30T23:25:03Z")

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Is there any1 out there nr se london/rotherhithe that knows how to do clutch plates etc?

need to do mine on the bandit 1200 and have never done em b4 so after some1 who can help/show me how to do em.

Not got the cash to put it in a shop etc, not even got the cash spare to re mot it if its not worth it.

Can provide tea and biscuits, lol.

Cheers, John

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**Author:** ![oldguy](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@oldguy](https://londonbikers.com/u/oldguy)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2009 23:50 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/clutch-gurus/78957/2 "2009-04-30T23:50:21Z")

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If you have the tools, find an on line manual and print it off. Far be it from me to suggest you do that at work. Quite illegal.

Then start at the beginning and work through one step at a time till you get to the end.

Yup. Know it sounds patronising but that’s how my generation learned. Except we didn’t have the manuals or the faintest idea what we were doing after we’d drained the oil.

It’s now called “on the job training”.

Seriously, most clutches are not that difficult except a lot require special service tools which can be a bu88er. And that’s where the manual helps, you know about those before you start.

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**Author:** ![makman](https://londonbikers.com/user_avatar/londonbikers.com/makman/32/30375_2.png) [@makman](https://londonbikers.com/u/makman)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2009 08:06 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/clutch-gurus/78957/3 "2009-05-01T08:06:01Z")

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I’ve done a couple of clutches on an FJ1200. Easy enough. Bike on side stand, making sure there is a slight camber so it leans nicely to the the side stand side.IE oil is away from the clutch.

Take cover off, remove clutch basket/plates. Replace plates in correct order!! Try not to do it in pissing rain! Now it is not a herculean task and it is fairly straight forward on that bike and I would say the Bandit is of similar ilk. Get the manual and do the step by step bit. Just what I did as well.

Sorry I cannot help at present, weekend is full of family commitments.