I had trouble when it came time to align the friction plate - I didn't have any tool to align the friction plate and as I tightened up the cover plate the friction plate would shift and I wouldn't be able to get the shaft in and the splines lined up.

So I took 3 sockets: an 11/16, a 13mm, and a 7/16, put a 3(ish) inch bolt through them (with some washers inside the 11/16)and a nut to hold it all together; makes a pretty good model of the shaft. Slotted it in while tightening up the cover plate and it did the trick. If people are interested I'll have a go at getting a picture or two up.

On a side note, changing the clutch cable is a right cow!

I tried the ½ extension bar first but didn't have any tape.

How do you hold the friction plate in place without a tool though?

Could we add a note of this to the end of Welly's excellent FAQ? Those of us with no idea what we're doing would benefit greatly Another hot tip might be not to forget to align the fork ends with the bearing as the box goes on

an input shaft is best, find an old box and nick the shaft out of it, only worth it if you do loads tho