The clutch hydraulic system has air in it. Bleeding a clutch is no fun. Remove the slave cylinder and clamp it to prevent it from moving out. Do not compress it, just retain it. When it can't move outward, the air can be bled. # the clutch assembly is not like a brake, a brake will lock up, clutch does not. By clamping it you give the piston something solid to push against and develop a pressure. Try this first and if no success, get back to me. There are further methods to bleed off air.
--- On Thu, 10/22/09, bull city <[email protected]> wrote: From: bull city <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] 83 550 clutch will not engage. To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 2:43 PM Got the new bike and I am going through to get everything functioning. The brakes were locked, I took them off, pressed the piston back in, flushed with new fluid and they seem to be doing well. I plan on rebuilding them as soon as I get everything functioning. No point in spending money on something before assessing the whole bike. The clutch: the master cylinder was pretty much dry. The clutch wound not engage and there was no resistance on the lever. So I flushed the system with new brake fluid. The bleed hose was coming out clear and I was getting a lot pushed out with every squeeze. But- I never got any resistance on the lever, the clutch would still not engage. What should I look for next? I haven't started the bike yet and no battery is hooked up at the moment. Thanks- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
