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Can someone tell me the relevance of aligning the two holes (basket and pressure plate) of a 7 spring Vespa clutch when rebuilding it please..? I've read from various posts that it must be done but I'm intrigued to know why and what purpose it serves...!

steeleyscoot wrote:Can someone tell me the relevance of aligning the two holes (basket and pressure plate) of a 7 spring Vespa clutch when rebuilding it please..? I've read from various posts that it must be done but I'm intrigued to know why and what purpose it serves...!

I too was intrigued by this question for years, i just kept doing it. Recently i read about the reason why, apparently this alignes the corresponding spring holes. Basically when the two holes are lined up they should exactly match the spring holes....

This would make sense if the two parts are machined as a pair in the factory/ machine shop. However how many pairs of the two clutch parts are still together now on old machines?
I have changed clutch baskets countless times, i am just programmed to match the bloody holes up no matter what