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The 89 1100 I just picked up is causing me some grief.
It is in great mechanical and aesthetic condition, with the exception of the clutch ( I hope). My friend who owned it for a while said he had some trouble with second gear when up-shifting. On top of that he noticed some fluid leaking near the shifter. That was two years ago.
He also told me that he topped of the the fluid for the clutch last year when he decided to take it for a spin. He said the second gear issue was not noticeable until the fluid leaked out. This took about 10 minutes of riding to occur.
Today, I topped off the fluid in the master cylinder and bled the system. As I was bleeding it, the fluid was pushing out and leaking on to the exhaust (not from the bleeder valve).
I removed the fluid line from the slave cylinder(?) and removed the cover that exposes the front sprocket and push rod. After removing, disassembling and cleaning the slave cylinder,I put it back together. Now, it gets interesting. After trying to bleed the system, I did not feel any resistance when pumping the lever. The fluid level in the master cylinder barely moved after attempting to bleed the system for a good amount of time.
I even tried manually drawing the fluid through the system by attaching a long vinyl tube on the bleeder and sucking. It seems as if I got most of the air out when trying this method, however, the clutch did not engage and there was still no resistance at the clutch lever. I would think that if the slave cylinder was seized, I would still get some resistance at the lever. Now, I am not getting any leaking, but this might be because there is minimal pressure being exerted at the master cylinder.
So, does anyone have any ideas on what to do. I was thinking about taking apart the clutch, but I thought that maybe rebuilding the master cylinder and replacing the slave cylinder would be a good first step before I get into the inner workings of the clutch. Could it be some dirt in the system causing this issue? Also, does anyone know if it is possible to manually engage the push rod without the slave cylinder just to test the clutch's functionality?
Thank you very much for your help.
It is in great mechanical and aesthetic condition, with the exception of the clutch ( I hope). My friend who owned it for a while said he had some trouble with second gear when up-shifting. On top of that he noticed some fluid leaking near the shifter. That was two years ago.
He also told me that he topped of the the fluid for the clutch last year when he decided to take it for a spin. He said the second gear issue was not noticeable until the fluid leaked out. This took about 10 minutes of riding to occur.
Today, I topped off the fluid in the master cylinder and bled the system. As I was bleeding it, the fluid was pushing out and leaking on to the exhaust (not from the bleeder valve).
I removed the fluid line from the slave cylinder(?) and removed the cover that exposes the front sprocket and push rod. After removing, disassembling and cleaning the slave cylinder,I put it back together. Now, it gets interesting. After trying to bleed the system, I did not feel any resistance when pumping the lever. The fluid level in the master cylinder barely moved after attempting to bleed the system for a good amount of time.
I even tried manually drawing the fluid through the system by attaching a long vinyl tube on the bleeder and sucking. It seems as if I got most of the air out when trying this method, however, the clutch did not engage and there was still no resistance at the clutch lever. I would think that if the slave cylinder was seized, I would still get some resistance at the lever. Now, I am not getting any leaking, but this might be because there is minimal pressure being exerted at the master cylinder.
So, does anyone have any ideas on what to do. I was thinking about taking apart the clutch, but I thought that maybe rebuilding the master cylinder and replacing the slave cylinder would be a good first step before I get into the inner workings of the clutch. Could it be some dirt in the system causing this issue? Also, does anyone know if it is possible to manually engage the push rod without the slave cylinder just to test the clutch's functionality?
Thank you very much for your help.
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