Series 2 Mirage 1200 Clutch Cover removal

[breganzane]

Don't forget the 180 hydraulic sprocket cover suffered from a design flaw which caused them to crack, only fixed later (like the crank phase rolf) with the 120's. Not sure when they started to fail but many 180's were just converted back to cable operation after the covers cracked.

Edit: removed reference to S2

 

[motoddrob]

Mine is a S1 Steve but that may explain the cable but nothing mentioed in the service records that came with the bike.
I prefer the cable setup over the hydraulic in any case.

 

[breganzane]

Ah yes. The hydraulic cover actually arrived with the 1200 Anniversary in '79, still well and truly Series1. I don't recall when they arrived on the other 1200 models. On the 1000's it was part way through the 1981 Jota year. There were quite a few revisions to the 81 Jota throughout the run, all outlined in the Faloon book. That book is quite good for detail like that, and probably mentions when the hydraulics arrived on the other 1200's.

 

[Paul Marx]

SO 2567 might have been the only TS with a cable clutch"

Well you can add 2829 to the list of TSs with cable clutch

2771 is hydraulic. I’ve just rebuilt my clutch plates as they stuck together in the Spanish heat. The way I done it was ,
Undo all the case nuts
Slacken of the chain tensioner
Tap the clover with a mallet around then press the starter button and the case will pop off.
You will need the special tool to be able to undo the crankshaft nut,
Undo the clutch housing bolts and I had to make a bracket to pull off the clutch cover as the plates had stuck together which was stopping the cover from being pulled off.
There is no ignition on this side of the bike.
On fitting the plates and clutch cover back on, I ditched the 2 small anti-rattle springs. Lining up the plates and cover was a pain. I done it in the end by losely fitting the cover with 4 bolts and wiggling it on, then gently removing the cover and bolting it up together. Make sure you note where the shim washers are fitted.
Here is a picture of my homemade pulley to remove the cover.
You can borrow my puller if you need to.

Drain the oil via tensionner screw first.