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First thing to do on any cable-operated clutch which is slipping is to check the cable. Un-hook both ends of the cable and if you can't push and pull it easily by just pinching with finger and thumb you need to service it or fit a new one. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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VFR750?
Take the clutch slave cylinder off the left side of the engine (3 allen head bolts). For some reason it has a paper gasket under it which doesn't go all the way round anyway so I wouldn't bother replacing it. Be careful not to pull the clutch lever while it's off.
Once it's off, you'll see the end of the clutch push-rod. Pull it out (it's about 10" long). You'll see that one end of it is all covered in rust and grot. Give it a good clean up with wire wool so it's clean and shiny again and reassemble. If it's very pitted, put it in the other way round. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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| chillyman0 wrote: | cheers stinkwheel, so its a closed system, i wont need to bleed it? |
I should maybe decribe the system.
You pull the lever, this forces hydraulic fluid into the slave cylinder on the left side of the engine. This cylinder pushes against a long rod that goes all the way through the middle of the gearbox to press against the inside of the clutch pressure plate, seperating the plates and making it disengage.
If there is corrosion on the rod, it sometimes doesn't return fully when you release the lever causing the clutch plates to be held open slightly. As simple as the rust catching on the hole the rod passes through.
As you said, the clutch is a closed system. Think of the slave cylinder as like a brake calliper and the rod as being like the brake pads. Unless you undo the hydraulic hose or pump the piston out, the fluid will stay in there. Undoing those three bolts (one really long one, two short ones) removes the whole slave cylinder in one piece, it remains a closed system.
Bleeding wont do any harm but I'd expect a system in need of bleeding to cause clutch drag rather than slip. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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ta boss, ill give it a go and ill let you know if it has worked  ____________________ preivious : 2007 Skyjet 125 (died), 1991 gsf400 (problems, rotting in garden)
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 16 years, 11 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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