Yes, the clutch locking tool is a bit scary indeed! I was not to keen to use it the way Suter recommend and rang a KTM dealer to ask their advice. They said go ahead, don't worry - but it did worry me. Basically, you remove a bolt from one of the places near the clutch cover and screw in this threaded bar until it "somehow interacts with a moving bit of the engine inside and stops it moving" ? ?:shock:? Does not seem like good engineering to me and I was very relieved when the clutch nut came loose and nothing went "SNAP, TINKLE" inside the engine. Did the nut up again to the correct torque setting, removed the "dubious tool" and vowed never to do that again unless I really had to.
Also make sure that the clutch plates from your old clutch are fitted exactly the same way - with the last one rotated by one tab. You really need the instructions to understand this or best still really note (and maybe even photograph) the clutch plates as they are coming out of your old basket and keep them in exactly the same order and position.
