21-11-13, 05:07 PM
You have got the idea Dave and glad I made your day 
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The ball bearing sits in the bore of the gearbox input shaft between the short push rod, at the clutch end, and the long push rod (245mm long) that you will be replacing. It can't drop out at the clutch end unless you remove the pressure plate and short push rod. It doesn't usually drop out at the sprocket end but it can do, especially with no oil seal there.
There is another ball bearing in the withdrawal mechanism but that is trapped in there so no problem.
If you do have to remove the clutch cover you can put the bike on the side stand and hardly any oil will come out. On the centre stand some might come out but not a lot.
"In short, replace all the clutch rod, seal and so on, stick it back together and it should be fine?" But not forgetting to check and maybe adjust the screw behind the rubber bung in the sprocket cover, especially with having changed the push rod. Details of how to are on this site somewhere I think.
.The ball bearing sits in the bore of the gearbox input shaft between the short push rod, at the clutch end, and the long push rod (245mm long) that you will be replacing. It can't drop out at the clutch end unless you remove the pressure plate and short push rod. It doesn't usually drop out at the sprocket end but it can do, especially with no oil seal there.
There is another ball bearing in the withdrawal mechanism but that is trapped in there so no problem.
If you do have to remove the clutch cover you can put the bike on the side stand and hardly any oil will come out. On the centre stand some might come out but not a lot.
"In short, replace all the clutch rod, seal and so on, stick it back together and it should be fine?" But not forgetting to check and maybe adjust the screw behind the rubber bung in the sprocket cover, especially with having changed the push rod. Details of how to are on this site somewhere I think.