desert_max
Well-Known Member
Intrepid forum followers might have noted elsewhere that I was doing a clutch in my 86. Guess I was a little too hard on the old girl, but I ordered the clutch packs from Sean and a heavy duty spring.
Before I detail what’s going on, I would just offer up that I have done my share of clutch jobs on various motorcycles and I’m very comfortable with the procedure. Had the disks out of this one a couple of months ago as they were frozen from sitting for 10 years. Did a couple of clutches in my 94 when I had it. So I didn’t expect any Vmax drama. But…
I rode it it onto the lift yesterday under power and pulled the disks out of it pending arrival of the new parts today. The stuff came in and I threw the new discs and spring in today. Happy as a clam I was about to button it up, but as a sanity check squeeze the clutch lever so I could see the action. Imagine my surprise when the lever bottomed out hard after about a half inch of travel! WTF?
At that point, I had not even pulled the top hat or ball out. Had no reason to. For giggles, I did and verified that both the ball and the O-ring on the top hat are intact. They were and they are. Checked the spooge hole in the master cylinder and flushed the system and had the same result. The master cylinder is operating correctly as it bottomed out until pressure built.
I pulled the whole pressure plate off of it and still the lever is rock hard and bottoms after about a half an inch of travel.
The logic in me is saying that I am just the very unlucky recipient of evil coincidence and my slave cylinder has frozen up. Unless somebody can tell me otherwise, I have no recourse but to pull the bastard out and order a rebuild kit. Is that bad luck or what?
Before I detail what’s going on, I would just offer up that I have done my share of clutch jobs on various motorcycles and I’m very comfortable with the procedure. Had the disks out of this one a couple of months ago as they were frozen from sitting for 10 years. Did a couple of clutches in my 94 when I had it. So I didn’t expect any Vmax drama. But…
I rode it it onto the lift yesterday under power and pulled the disks out of it pending arrival of the new parts today. The stuff came in and I threw the new discs and spring in today. Happy as a clam I was about to button it up, but as a sanity check squeeze the clutch lever so I could see the action. Imagine my surprise when the lever bottomed out hard after about a half inch of travel! WTF?
At that point, I had not even pulled the top hat or ball out. Had no reason to. For giggles, I did and verified that both the ball and the O-ring on the top hat are intact. They were and they are. Checked the spooge hole in the master cylinder and flushed the system and had the same result. The master cylinder is operating correctly as it bottomed out until pressure built.
I pulled the whole pressure plate off of it and still the lever is rock hard and bottoms after about a half an inch of travel.
The logic in me is saying that I am just the very unlucky recipient of evil coincidence and my slave cylinder has frozen up. Unless somebody can tell me otherwise, I have no recourse but to pull the bastard out and order a rebuild kit. Is that bad luck or what?
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