sproket cover removal/cleaning?

[brandiwine]

mine seems stuck down by the lower right bolt.  i've used a screw driver and pried all the way around and there seems to be something still holding it on there by where the chain meets it.  
i've removed all 5 bolts and slackened the clutch cable at the cover point.  did i miss something or does it need to be just pried off?
oh, the whole point in all this is that i'm trying to install a new clutch cable.

thanks!!!

brandi

ok, nevermind about the removal.....i got it off.  it was so gunky in there that it was making the 2 sides stick together.  no wonder my clutch was hard to engage.  so is just scraping everything off the best i can the best cleaning i should do.  i want the clutch cable as easy to squeeze as if it was new..if that's possible.

[cgreenland]

i know what you mean about the gunky stuff in there.  i just got around to opening the compartment for the sole purpose of cleaning it out.  man, that lube & stuff builds up.  grease, dirt, sand.  took me about an hour to get it all cleaned out.