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pop out first gear clutch, flip it around, put back on. VERY SIMPLE. you must remove clutch cover first.

Actually, you flip the second clutch... as in the one mounted on the start plate - aka - the clutch that's under another one. Flipping the first speed gear would just keep you fist speed clutch from engaging, revving your engine higher before you started moving. Flipping the second speed clutch makes it harder for the second clutch to spring out, and therefore stay in first longer... Don't believe me, believe this thread (paz approved!)...

http://www.mopedarmy.com/forums/discuss/7/151547/151255/

If you still have your original pucks in your engine, flipping the second speed gear is going to be harder on those pucks, because the engine is going to hit them a lot harder when the second clutch engages - possibly causing them to disintegrate... cascade effect. AHHHH

Peace

oops. yes only one of the two clutches can be flipped anyhow. ok second gear.

and be extra careful to put the shims back in the exact same place you found them.

hey, i recognize that video! ;D

this is something I've thought about doing, but never tried. let me know how it works out for you. my biggest issue with my stock clutch is that it shifts before I can even pull out of an intersection. i'd love a later shift.

i'm actually going to be doing some clutch work tomorrow anyway so I may just try it out while i'm in there to see how it feels.

careful with an impact wrench. i wouldn't know where to send you for new screws...

but definitely good luck. those things were TIGHT in there.

also, if you're using a bench vice be sure to clamp the shaft, not the teeth. that should probably go without saying, but i'd hate to see someone shear their teeth while trying to replace their pucks....to keep the teeth from shearing in the first place.

best of luck!

let's hear how it turns out.

its nice to see wider acceptance of the za50 lately. I think most fears about then are unwarranted. Its a well designed motor that can easily handle power if its all together properly.

I would be careful as to what part of the gear you are putting in a vice grip. Put it on the bottom portion of the second speed gear that spins the front sprocket. Put it on THAT _shaft_ and not the gear. Definitely DO NOT clamp the longer smooth shaft. There are roller bearings on the inside of the first speed gear, so that longer shaft should essentially be thought of as a bearing race. DO NOT CLAMP IT.

So, instead of melting everything and what not and using an impact wrench, I would go about using a breaker bar, torque wrench or screw driver and chanlocks only because there are spindles underneath that plate that the pucks stop against and I wouldn't want to hit that gear so hard it bent them... it's not solid metal. You can get new screws btw, you just might have to got to a screw and bolt shop, cuz it's metric with that weird sloping. ok... so getting the screws out - something like a 3/16 socket will accept those little phillips and flat head bits you use in screwdrivers that have lots of different heads. So, if you have a socket with the right size bit, then you can mount it to a breaker bar or torque wrench. The chanlocks and screw driver thing is self explanatory...

Don't forget to loctite the screws when you reassemble for great success...

peace

told you