I've had a new clutch cover sitting waiting to be fitted to my XTR for several months - I scraped the original one a little in a drop last year (brake lever bent into it).
Figured I'd wait until I was chaging the oil, which I was doing yesterday. However having moved everything out of the way, removed the clutch cable (leaving the rod in place) and removing the bolts on the cover, it wouldn't pull off.
I'm not terribly mechanichally minded - is it simply a matter of breaking the gasket seal with a rubber mallet/screwdriver, or have I missed some crucial part of removing the cover?