I've been trying to take this damn clutch restrictor off for 2 freakin days now and the back nut wont come off. It is now almost completely rounded off and the best tool I can come up with to even come close to working is a locking pliers.


Somebody please help me or I'm gonna go freakin crazy.

 

I'll be doing mine probably tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes. Until then, stay away from these:

 

Funny you said that, cuz I was considering it.

 

Well, if you cut it off, and flared it again... Hmm...

 

THANK YOU JESUS!!! I finally got it off. If I only had something that would burn hot enough and I'd toss that entire restrictor in there and melt it to hell. That's how frustrated that freakin thing got me.


Sorry guys, I had to vent.

 

Heh.. I had a similar experience with the screws on the mas air sensor when I was installing my CAI. It felt like the damn screws were made of tin. In the end I had to buy a $29 bit designed specifically to get stripped screws out before I could proceed.

 

This is why you really MUST use a line wrench!! AKA flare nut wrench. They're designed to work with these weak and easily roundable nuts.

 

The lockable pliers worked pretty well. Probably would have worked a lot sooner if I had started with those. Between those nuts being super tight and in a position where it was hard to get good leverage it is very easy to get frustrated.

Either way I've got the new clutch line installed, line has been bled, and I already took it for a test drive. I like it. Makes it easier to shift faster. Next task is to paint my calipers.

 

Mine when pretty painlessly. I took out the airbox, used a 17mm wrench to hold one side of the stock line, while I loosened the other side with a 10mm flare nut wrench. Down on the slave cylinder, I didn't need anything to hold it, just the 10mm FN wrench. Dropped the old piece to the ground, spun in the new one, tightened, bled, and it's all good.

Took about 30 minutes in the dark with a flashlight, after several .

I don't know how much difference it makes, I'll find out tomorrow, after the beer wears off.

 

Lucky you. If I coulda got that one nut off it woulda took me under an hour. I like the difference. Much quicker gear changes and less jerk.

 

After I installed my RRM clutch line, I decided to take apart the stock restrictor and see if there's something in there you could remove to get the same effect.

Looks like there is.

I removed both fluid lines from it, and clamped it in my vise. A 27mm socket and a pretty good whack later, the copper plug end of it came loose. Inside, I found a couple plastic pieces and a couple springs.



I removed the springs and plastic bits, and washed away all the green goo (don't know what that's about ) and what's left is just a hollow cylinder with decent-sized holes on either end.



Not quite as good as the RRM braided stainless line, but much cheaper.

Carry on.

 

Good call. Glad to see somebody thining on their feet.

 

next time use some liquid wrench or wd40 on it first..

-joe

 

Hm.. when you take your stock clutch line off does it make a mess? because i heard the clutch fluid is the same as the brake? or am i wrong??

 

It makes a little mess. When I put in my RRM clutch line, I didn't even lose enough fluid to have to add any to the reservoir. Even after bleeding, it's over halfway between min and max.