Clutch Basket gear removal

[akbill]

Ordered a new billet clutch basket from F.A.S.T. and am in the process of removing the drive gear off of my stock basket.

 

I have used a grinder to take off the rivets/mushroom heads on the back side of the basket, but I cant punch the rivets out.

 

Whats the trick to removing the gear off the stock basket??

 

Thanks

Bill

[bansheefever1]

Drill out the rivots.....

[Wallrat]

Yeah be careful that you didn't knick the gear when you were grinding. I'm not sure how balanced that thing is but you really don't want to introduce a source of vibration. I just used a punch to mark the center of the rivets and then drilled em out on a press using a bit slightly smaller than the rivet. They cracked and fell right out after that.