Kawasaki Ninja Service Manual: Clutch Cover Assembly

• Replace the needle bearings and oil seal with new ones.

NOTE

Install the needle bearings so that the manufacture’s mark face out.

• Install the needle bearings [A] and oil seal [B] position as shown in the figure.

Press the upper and lower bearings so that the bearing surface [C] is flush with the housing end of clutch cover.

Press the oil seal so that the oil seal surface is flush with the housing end of the clutch cover.

• Apply grease to the oil seal lips.
• Install: Pad [A] Clutch Cover Plate [B]
• Apply a non-permanent locking agent to the clutch cover plate bolts [C].
• Tighten: Torque - Clutch Cover Plate Bolts: 9.8 N·m (1.0 kgf·m, 87 in·lb)

• Replace the O-ring [A] of the oil filler plug [B] with a new one.
• Apply grease to the new O-ring.
• Tighten: Torque - Oil Filler Plug: Hand-tighten