Removing Nismo Twin Plate Clutch?

[colinhunt]

I've removed my engine from my car and want to put the engine on a stand - only thing is, I can't work out how to get the clutch off the back of the motor!

It's a Nismo twin plate. There are a series of hex bolts around the edge, do I remove those? I'm a bit scared to as it looks like they hold the whole thing together and I'm nervous it's all going to spring apart! I've tried just pulling on it but that doesnt seem to work either, do I need to be more forceful or is there something I am missing?

I've attached a photo for reference.

Cheers

[Ben C34]

Undo the bolts.... It won't shoot off!

[GTRPSI]

Undo the bolts gradually and evenly so you dont bend/warp anything.

As Ben said it wont shoot off.....

[r32-25t]

And there should be 9 hex bolts, so if you have 6 then you have a few missing

[Aggroman]

as above undo the hex bolts evenly, hold the pressure plate (red bit) when taking out the last bolt. You can then remove the 2 discs and centre disc (dont mix up the orientation) then your flywheel bolts will be visible to undo but good luck doing that on the crane without a rattle gun

[PRO_32]

And if it's going on a stand for a teardown and rebuild it's easier to loosen the crank pulley bolt whilst flywheel is still on. So loosen that first if that's what your doing.