10-06-2022, 06:59 AM
(10-05-2022, 07:01 PM)STLTHMSTA_imp Wrote: I have done that and will check back later, no time this morning to look. Another 'trick" I learned from a Honda mechanic and shop owner is to wiggle the lever, reservoir open, and watch the bubbles come up from the piston. Don't pull it all the way in, just wiggle. That has worked many many times but this one is stubborn. On the center stand the clutch is clearly dragging. Yes, I changes the oil too. I have never had one give me so much trouble before. Must be hidden traps in the there or my luck has run out. LOL.
Thanks for the reply. TM
That method works fine with a system like the front brake where the air can rise to the top of the system and escape.
The clutch fluid line on our bikes however has a high point under the fuel tank in which the air can rise and is then trapped in that spot.
By changing the fluid in the normal way the air follows the fluid towards the slave cylinder but can keep rising between strokes and collect in the same area.
To clear the air out you will have to move the fluid faster than the air can rise to the top of the system, by either using a vacuum bleeder or a syringe with enough capacity to collect all the fluid from the reservoir and motivate the air out of the system.
Once the air is removed you can do a regular slow change with the lever only, hope this helps.