I had to remove my gearbox to do a clutch repair and when doing it left the oil in the box to make things a bit quicker but when on the floor some oil managed to get into the main input shaft centre where the clutch pushrod goes.
When I put it back I left the pushrod out for ease of installation but when I put the pushrod back in the oil was pushed out the front of the shaft and onto the clutch with bad results.
Fortunately I left the job just after installing the gearbox and discovered a few drops under the bike next day and found out what happened after some investigation.
Of course I had to remove the Gearbox and clutch to clean it but as I had not used the clutch it was OK after a good clean with thinners then Metho and a cooking in the stove with the roast. (it's a new way to baste a roast chicken, EP90)
Lesson learned remove the oil before removing the gearbox it saves time.

Nice save Freak! Sounds like one of my shortcuts that turn out to be the long way round...

great tip ...from experience kf ..

There's no such thing as a simple job KF! Lucky you got it sorted before you killed the clutch, good save mate.

88KE

thanks for that mate , is that a stitch in time ?