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What is a good amount of time prior to installation. It is a new set of steels and fibers. Could not find anything stating how long to do it. Thanks

You'll get different answers. I just make sure mine are wet with oil when I install them... no lengthy soaking.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

works for me. Get it done tomorrow. Thanks

I was taught to soak all wet clutch plates in oil as an apprentice , but when I worked at an Automatic trans shop they never did it , and said the factory puts wet clutches together dry and dont have problems doing it ????, so its up to you !!!!, this could start a good discusion

Well, they'll get wet soon enough if you don't wet them first. I just think they'd probably be better off not having dry spots the first time you take off. But I have no doubt that if you put them in dry they'd be just fine unless you immediately do a full throttle drag start.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

Probably not necessary, I've done both dry or like Jim with a little oil nary an issue either way.

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

110 out so i did not even bother with it today. Rear fender and tailpiece around 0600 and called it a day , getting lazy in this heat

Now that I am in my 60's, temps take their toll on my momentum.
I soaked the plates for 4 days, but I don't know how necessary it really is. I did it just because I was working on other things at the time.
The original plates I took out were really stuck tight when I pulled them out. Sitting since 1977 was not good for them.

My Barnetts did that after sitting for 18 years. In 2008 I took off the cover, pried them apart, and they've been good ever since.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

I have thought about starting my 72 H2 after 20 years in the house. I’ll have to pull cover on that and check things concerning clutch as well. I am just gonna get them dampened up for the project bike. Prior to putting them in. It will wait though. This heat just sucks though so no rush