Try brake cleaner.....but..........who knows how that will act on the clutch,but it should remove oils..

 

IMO from experience making the same mistake. The cheapest trick is buy a new disc and replace the oil soaked one. Brake cleaner will not get all the oil out of the organic fibers and ceramic pores in the disc and eventually that leftover oil will work its way out and mess up your clutch for the second time.

 

Solvent clean then gentle heat. Tractors I did this to 10 years ago are still working

 

I would lightly scuff the disc with some emery-cloth and brake-clean as well,the flywheel too.Any oil trapped in the pores will surface under clutch-heat if not prepped properly.I've done it in the past as well,with good results.A good solvent/brake clean is Shop-Solv by Castle,it cleans really good,Valvoline Brake-Clean is decent too.Alot of the Brake-Cleaners now are Non-Chlorinated,and Non-Flammable,so all the good cleaners are removed.Stay away from CRC,Permatex,and other low-end Parts-Store brands.Hope this helps.

 

I wouldn't use any solvent on it. buy a $5 bag of oil dry. Dump a pile on the floor lay the disk on it then dump some more on top of it. give it a couple days and you'll be amazed. Can't hurt. best of all its cheap.

 

i'll bet the clutch doesnt have that much on it--the clutch is shielded by the flywheel and there is a big drainage vent in the bellhousing---i would use brake cleaner with immediate blow dry with the air hose...bob

 

.. I too was going to say Smoke it with a cutting torch.. I saw the old timers do this many time when I 1st broke into the business. Back in the days Guys fixed stuff they didn't replace it.

 

the oldtimers also had asbestos clutches and brakes and smoked old rolled up cigarettes...

 

In Which He Acknowledges His Thanks

Thanks for all the answers; gives me a wide variety of options.

It'll be some time yet before I can unscrew all those easily accessed, lightweight parts in my modern, completely equipped garage (driveway) and find out what the actual condition of that disc is, but in the meantime I can plan for all eventualities.

Thanks!

Eddie