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Thank you. All that was good, went over it 5 times, checked and rechecked. The problem was the inner hub and plates, it doesn't specify a plate on the inside of inner hub, UNDER the snap ring that on the hub... I just stacked the plates on the inner hub and it was causing them to be to tight. 4th ti...

Anyone with a suggestion PLEASE !!!.
Put all back together, and the clutch still won't slip when trying to turn. Fresh oil, put the old plates back in, they are still good. Handle dumps pressure, brake is trying to grab, but won't stop the track. 4th time into this. What am I missing????

Thank you. FINALLY, got the actual brake together right, after dropping a washer in the oil, magnet came off end off pick up tool. Had to RE DRAIN the clutch oil. Took an hour to get magnet tip out, stuck under clutch hub of course. Assembled and reassembled thr brake 8 times before it went together...

Yes, that's what I'm saying, the clutch won't slip when pressure released. Did a bench test with both stacks of plates and disc's, the old grooved ones would slip when spun by hand, the new smooth clutch spun the whole stack. So I'm guessing the jd dealer gave me the wrong parts. I put it all back t...

Replaced wet steer clutch, now won't slip , old plates had factory grooves, new plates are smooth, no grooves. Are they the wrong plates?? 1976 450 c, wet steer clutch.