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Removing clutch and slave cylinder from Classic 900
Posted by John Kupiec (more from John Kupiec) on Mon, 4 Dec 2000 15:45:27
Folks, I'm trying to do a clutch job on a 1985 900 turbo, and following the
Bentley procedure as closely as I can. I have hit a major snag. Bentley
says that when all the bolts holding the pressure plate to the flywheel
have been removed, 'Remove the clutch, pressure plate and slave cylinder as
a unit.'
Well, I've been trying to do just that for about 5 hours, using various
means of persuasion, including PBlaster, screwdrivers, pry bars
and ballpeen hammer. It seems that there is simply not enough clearance
to remove everything. I have the pressure plate off a couple of the
flywheel pegs, but I can't move it any further. It' seems that the fingers
of the pressure plate are still pressing hard enough to take up all the
slack. I can't pry out the slave cylinder, and I can't move the pressure
plate.
FWIW, I've tried the Bentley trick of substituting wire (14 gauge household
wire) in place of the SAAB special spring tool that holds back the pressure
plate fingers. But the wire keeps loosening and falling out, so the clutch
fingers are still exerting pressure.
Is there any trick to removing the clutch and pressure plate unit? Bentley
says nothing on this.
Do I need to get the SAAB tool? If so, where?
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
--Koop
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