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Aluminum Clutch Basket and Dry Flex Clutch installations:

If you have purchased both a basket and a clutch, the clutch plates have been installed inside the basket in the order they should be installed. In other words, they are pre-stacked. If you red the Barnett instructions you will notice they mention a "curved" plate. It is stacked as it should be. The only difference in the way we stack the plates is that we place two steel plates at the very outside of the stack rather than at the inside. We do this for one reason: It moves the entire stack closer on the center hub allowing more clearance between the most outside friction plate and the steel ring of the basket. This change has never caused andy problems. You will also notice that the outside edge of the last friction plate has been radiused for clarence with the steel ring of the basket. Please make sure the radiused side faces out when you assemble the stack. If you have purchased a Barnett clutch elsewhere or are installing a used Barnett clutch, you must radius the edges of the tabs of the outer most friction plate. If you try to place a friction plate into the steel retaining ring, you will notice it will not fit. Please take the ten minutes necessary to make this alternation. When the friction plate will set inside the steel ring and rotate, you have accomplished the task. Please contact us if you have any questions about this.

When you remove the stock basket please make sure you clean all the old Loktite from the 8mm bolts before you attach the new basket. Make sure you use 272 Loktite when re-installing the 8m bolts and torque them to 26 to 28 foot lbs. Do not over tighten the 8mm bolts or you may damage the aluminium basket. Do not use an excessive amount of Loktite as this can cause problems with the large seal in the clutch housing.

When you install the four small button head screws make sure you do not over tighten them. It is equally important that you use an allen wrench which is in vary good condition or you can damage the heads of the screws. Do not run the engine without the steel ring installed. The ring prevents the open end of the basket from growing in diameter at high RPMs. Use RTV or a small dab of Super Glue on the head of the screw to secure it. Do not use Loktite.

Thank you for purchasing our product.

-- Jon Nichols