Ok, time for another progress update. The whole freezing the gear / heating the basket deal went smoothly, once I realised you have to get the basket REALLY hot. The friction discs I left soak overnight went in nice and smoothly and the rest of the bits went back together quickly enough. I filled her with the correct amount of oil and I'm happy to say its running nicely now with none of the previous dragging it used to have. The real test will be when I hit the trails though….
Now for the"but" and it’s a big "but" - not everything went so smoothly…….
When tightening the clutch nut to lock the hub in place, the socket slipped and the bar broke one of the columns that the pressure plate sits onto, this called for some intense "tomfoolery", I used a longer bolt to go through from the back of the hub, through the broken shaft which was reinforced with some abro steel and used a nut and plenty loctite to hold on the pressure plates and clutch springs. I am fairly hopeful that this solution will not cause any problems, any ideas?