Clutch basket tool.
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Clutch basket tool.
23 May 2012 00:13 - 23 May 2012 00:13
Can someone direct me to a proper clutch basket holder? I searched the site, google, and several retailers, no dice. Ive already paper weighted one inner basket.
1977 KZ1000
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1977 KZ1000
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Re: Clutch basket tool.
23 May 2012 01:14
Make your own out of an old steel plate with handle welded on to it

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Re: Clutch basket tool.
23 May 2012 18:10I've done that as well, it's easy.wireman wrote: Make your own out of an old steel plate with handle welded on to it
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Re: Clutch basket tool.
23 May 2012 18:31KZCSI wrote:I've done that as well, it's easy.wireman wrote: Make your own out of an old steel plate with handle welded on to it
Bill
its easy if u have a welder.

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23 May 2012 18:51
Here's what the genuine, official, Kawasaki, non-homemade, actual part number 57001-119 clutch holding tool looks like (see pic). I have one because I saw it dirt cheap several years ago on eBay (about $7). It is literally 2 steel clutch plates welded together with an offset handle welded onto them. As others suggested, it would be very simple to fabricate if you have a couple clutch plates, some scrap metal, and a friend with a welder. Ed
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Re: Clutch basket tool.
24 May 2012 18:49
I will have to order two steel plates, I have a welder and scrap metal.
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25 May 2012 06:27
If you don't have a welder, drill three or four holes through the plates and bolt them together. Whip up some sort of handle and bolt it on.
I gave the last one I made to a mate a while back.
I gave the last one I made to a mate a while back.
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25 May 2012 20:36 - 25 May 2012 20:37
No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationThe ebay item id given is invalid, no result has been sentEBC makes one. I am surprised none of the parts suppliers carry these.
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25 May 2012 21:30
That tool leaves me wondering. How can it fit into the clutch basket with the handle being in the same plane as the clutch plates? It seems to me that unless the handle is offset like the Kawasaki tool the handle would prevent the rest of the tool from sliding into the basket. Ed
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Re: Clutch basket tool.
26 May 2012 00:26
It works fine. It grabs about 3/4 of the basket. I actually used mine last night to torque the hub nut.
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26 May 2012 00:35
Oh, I see now. It slips through the slots in the outer diameter of the basket. Cool. Ed
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Re: Clutch basket tool.
26 May 2012 06:52
No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configuration
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