Clutch shaft bushing

I'm the same way and view shops assuming they shouldn't bring such things to my attention as shoddy and half ### which is almost all of them. Nothing worse than to learn after a job has been done "well why didn't you replace that seal or those bushings while you were there?" I never go back to shops who do things like that, which once again, is about all of them. It's just one of many small things that add up to if you want it done right do it yourself. And if you don't know how you better be willing to learn and try.

 

I replaced my clutch shaft bushings when I had the transmission out.

There might be other ways of doing it but here's how I did it.

Once I disassembled the fork and remove the shafts, I carefully took a loose hacksaw blade and very gently cut through the bushing in two spots to make a keyway. Be careful you don't cut through the bellhousing it's only aluminum.

Then I took a chisel and I ground it down so that it was like a narrow screwdriver then very gently I worked my way under one edge of the bushing. Once I got under it the key way that I cut came right out. From there it's easy to get the rest of it out.

To press them in I used a long bolt with washers and the right size socket against the bellhousing and washers on the end of the bushing. If I remember correctly I may have tapped it lightly with a 2 x 4 and a hammer just to get it started straight first. Been a while now.

Make sure your zerks take Grease and grease the bushing and your pins and you are all set. Make sure you wipe off any excess. Torque the fork bolts to the right specs and that's it.

A shop wanted to charge me $150 if I brought the transmission and the bushings to them.

Glad I did it myself.