TRA clutch bushing

[oler1234]

S has anyone replaced the bushing that is in the sliding sheeve? Anyone have a simple way of getting the new one back in?

 

[towerrigger]

I heated up the sheave with a heat gun and pressed the bushing in with a socket on a press. You might be able to rig it up in a vice if you don't have a press.

 

[oler1234]

Which bushing do you use, the plastic one that comes in the kit? Or the metal type one that comes in the race primary.

 

[CUSO]

I picked out the clip and old one, then stuck the sheave in the oven, bushing in the freezer. It just fell on for me.

 

[SidewaysInto3rd]

That job the best 1/2 hour labor I've ever spent my money on

 

[Bnorth]

I take the clutch apart and have them just change the bushing. Agree with Sideways.

 

[oler1234]

Thing is the local shop in cow town sends it out. Last one I had done was not centered in the sheeve, it didn't fail but it sure made a mess. The dealer failed to recognized there screw up. So that's why I'd rather do it myself. Got it in anyway with a little pressure.

 

[stormtrooper]

I push it in with the old bushing when in a rush. But placing the sheave in the oven at 300 f for half hr and bushing in freezer for the same amount of time will make it much easier for you. Will slip right in. I find the hardest part is getting that freaking locking ring out.

 

[takethebounce]

Thing is the local shop in cow town sends it out. Last one I had done was not centered in the sheeve, it didn't fail but it sure made a mess. The dealer failed to recognized there screw up. So that's why I'd rather do it myself. Got it in anyway with a little pressure.

Should you need to do it again and don't want to risk breaking it, Bowridge does it. Never had an issue with them. I have done my own and I have also broken them as well.

I have no idea why a Doo dealer in a major city would send out a simple job. Likely why I don't do business with them.


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[Winter Brew]

I usually break the worn bushing out ( pry inward with screwdriver and it falls out) to make getting the circlip out easier. I made a bushing installer that fits snug to the bushing to install. I use a little loctite green bushing retainer and new circlip. The hardest part is getting a corroded circlip out. If the circlip area is hammered out or broken, then the sheave should be replaced.

 

[dooin800]

Just buy the tool from doo or etc, makes it easy. Don't forget the green loctite.