Save the grief and rebuild it. If it's pitted real bad, replace it. You don't need trouble there.
--- On Fri, 10/23/09, bull city <[email protected]> wrote: From: bull city <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 83 550 clutch will not engage. To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 4:17 PM so I took off the slave, lots of crust(dried fluid) on the outside of the piston. The fluid has obviously been leaking for 6 years.. I pumped the clutch a few times and the piston wouldn't budge. my question is, should I try to get some more fluid in there to see if the piston will move, or should I go ahead and try to rebuild it and stop wasting time trying to save a few bucks? On Oct 23, 1:47 pm, DANNY DOLAN <[email protected]> wrote: > you know you should check because some of those systems have certain corks > like i had a 81 kawi that you had to take the slave off and hold the slave > at 45degrees before it would bleed sucks bleed that thing ten times it > wouldnt work after new clutch and then found that out tried it it worked so > sometimes man. a good thing also just because systems bled doesnt mean > clutch springs arent stuck or rusted in one pos. good luck though its hard > without being there to look at it > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
