Hope someone can help with my clutch problem.

I've replaced the clutch plates and the bearing & bush the clutch basket sits on and I now have a problem with getting the clutch to work. The only difference with my Mk2.2 that I remember is the bowed ring at the bottom of the basket - its fitted as it says in the service manual.

The last two plates (1 steel and one friction) seem to sit too far out of the basket and so the movement created by the lever is not enough to move the outer part of the clutch.

A few questions

Is there a trick to the bowed ring
Do I have a ball bearing missing which sits next to the rod (the service manual does not show one).

Thanks for any advice.

If you bought an original honda clutch replacement, the two inner plates will be cut away to accept the wierd bent metal ring. I bought a replacement EBC clutch ( I think it was EBC anyway), all I did was throw away the wierd metal rings, and fit the clutch as any normal bike. This is what LT told me to do. The bike works fine and no probs. Phone LT if you need advice, they'll tell you.

Thanks for that. I also phone Pete at LT and before I'd finished telling him the problem he told me to take the bowed ring out - this is supposed to prevent the plates sticking (I presume to reduce clutch drag?).