Norton Commando Clutch Part One

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The clutch on my Commando has been getting worse lately, not operating very smoothly. I had it apart last year and cleaned all the plates but the problem seems to stem from gearbox oil entering the clutch via the clutch pushrod.
I purchased an aftermarket pushrod seal kit that goes over the end of the shaft sealing it.
Pretty straight forward job...just usual imperial hand tools and a special clutch diaphragm spring remover.


Primary Side.

Alternator, primary drive and clutch.

homemade special tool.

Gungy clutch plates.

Freshened up with a good scrub, note the original plates are solid fibre, and one is a later steel/fibre one. The old ones apparently last forever.

The transmission oil leaks in here. pushrod is 6mm, some aftermarket ones are 1/4 which according to the instructions is correct ( would have thought it would be other way around)

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New seal and pushrod, polish pushrod where it passes seal.

Fit seal and holder, reassemble clutch.

The primary cover seal was in good order so reused it, put a thin smear of silicon on the outer cover and refitted it.
Cover is held on by one bolt
Poured in a 100mls of ATF for the primary chain ( the clutch operates dry) Atf is red so can sort out the leaks by colour...
Refitted the footrest and job done.
Took about 1 1/2 hours.
Went for a ride and clutch action perfect...well as perfect as you get with a 40 year old bike.