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Clutch bleeding techniques
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Posted by Bob Davis (more from Bob Davis) on Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:04:40 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Clutch Bleeding-Where do you get pressure kit?, SteveFS, Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:38:11
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I've tried Yaofeng's inner-tube technique and it works very well. Go to your local Harley-Davidson shop and ask them if they would give (or sell cheap) a used 21" inner tube. They should have some lying around waiting to be trashed. This size fits the reservoir, and although a tad large will seal well when clamped. Someone mentioned once that a trail-bike tube, I think, fit the reservoir perfectly. Don't quote me on that, though.

Anyway, cut the inner tube 18" or so being sure to include the fitting in the section cut, of course. I then used some hot glue on the other end to seal it, then folded it over several times and finally clamped it with one or two clothes pins. Be careful filling with air as you don't want to blow the tube or something else. It might be prudent to set the pressure regulator on your compressor to 30 or 40 psi, though I don't recall how I set mine.

I like this technique over the fitting-in-the-reservoir-cap idea because the inner tube is forgiving and absorbs excess pressure, though I have not tried the other technique. The idea is to blow it up a bit like a balloon (don't overdo it!) and let the pressure subside thereby pushing the fluid out through the slave cylinder on top the transaxle. You'll have to close the fitting on the slave before the pressure subsides each time, refill the tube with air, top off the reservoir with fluid, and repeat. You'll have to remove the tube each cycle to replenish the fluid and you'll probably have to perform the cycle a dozen times or more to insure all the fluid has been purged. Have a tube attached to the end of the slave fitting to catch the old fluid in a container, watching for newer, clearer fluid to show.



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