Pls can anyone advise me on problems im having with my clutch, i have a 2003 501fe..
I cannot seem to get the clutch lever to work properly, there seems to be air getting into the system with the clutch working at the start of a ride and going to spongy to not working at all by the end of a ride. The clutch on my bike has never been great but seems worse after i changed the slave cylinder after the old one developed a crack around the bleed nipple. I should point out at this point that i bought a second hand slave cylinder and the piston is a slightly larger dia than the old one!
I tried bleeding the clutch off the bike with a clamp over the piston, but this just seemed to push the piston out at a n angle and quirt the fluid everywhere.
Also it looks to me that there should be a ball bearing between the end of the piston and the push rod as the piston would bottom on the bearing face, i tried fixing this with a coulpe of washers but to no avail!
Any help would be appreciated, Thanks..
I cannot seem to get the clutch lever to work properly, there seems to be air getting into the system with the clutch working at the start of a ride and going to spongy to not working at all by the end of a ride. The clutch on my bike has never been great but seems worse after i changed the slave cylinder after the old one developed a crack around the bleed nipple. I should point out at this point that i bought a second hand slave cylinder and the piston is a slightly larger dia than the old one!
I tried bleeding the clutch off the bike with a clamp over the piston, but this just seemed to push the piston out at a n angle and quirt the fluid everywhere.
Also it looks to me that there should be a ball bearing between the end of the piston and the push rod as the piston would bottom on the bearing face, i tried fixing this with a coulpe of washers but to no avail!
Any help would be appreciated, Thanks..
