These are all the instructions you need. If you can squeeze an empty beer can with one hand you'll have the strength to install. Took me longer to find a towel than it did to replace the spring.
I had the clutch down. I never tried it without the grips because all the stuff I read or watched on it was using the tool. What happened was, when the grips slipped off I had already wiggled the mounting partially free. It didn't take much pressure from the spring opening up to break off the side of the partial sleeve at the top.
The only play in the clutch is the top 1/8". I'd put money if someone didn't know it was gone would never even know expect it feels like a firm clutch. You won't burn the clutch up, my PP/GT has been gone for 6,000 miles or more. The spring is nothing more than it rest on a cam to make it engage softer and easier for , I'm guessing here but women and or older people. The spring has no affect on how fast or how much it releases or engages. Just makes it feel softer.
If you ask me there is none. But as soon as I say that someone will get up there with a micro meter, laser measuring tool and say there is a fraction of a quarter of an inch slop.
That was my mindset (for $10 a few weeks ago), but apparently I can't even handle a simple spring swap without newton's law hitting me in the face. But, the more thought I've given it, the less concerned I am. Everyone I've even mentioned this to just laughs and shakes their head that anyone thinks it's even a possible issue.
driving it with the spring out is a whole different experience. people who still have the stock spring don't realize, it changes more than the feel. Everything is easier. Smoother transitions, downshifts, rev matching.. anything where the clutch is used is a better experience. it's probably not much different with the 35 spring, but i was grinning from ear to ear on my first drive after I pulled the spring.
it feels a little heavier to me, but the best part is that it's the same from bottom to top. when it's stock, it feels like the letoff on a compound bow, and when you get back to the top it's very touchy. i drive over cobblestone a lot and the little dips in it would jack me up as i tried to takeoff in first. with the spring out (and probably with the 35lb spring), the amount of foot pressure required is the same all the time. i would be surprised if most anyone doesn't prefer it.
