jteller1 Posted April 18, 2011 #1 Posted April 18, 2011 Good evening. I replaced my brake pads, flushed the brake system, flushed and filled the rear diff, and went to flush my clutch and cant find the bleeder. Can anyone point me in the general location? I have a 2005 royal star AKA "the beast" New tires going on this week!!! Whoo whoo I cant wait for the weather to break in Michigan!!!
Acadieman Posted April 19, 2011 #2 Posted April 19, 2011 Its on the left side.Follow the hose till the end.Its got a rubber cover over it.i just put speed bleeders on mine this past week
Freebird Posted April 19, 2011 #3 Posted April 19, 2011 Yep...right about where this arrow is pointing. Under the rubber flap.
okiestar Posted April 19, 2011 #5 Posted April 19, 2011 Took me a bit to find mine too. I have a nice chrome cover with a single tiny allen screw holding it on covering the bleeder location.
Godlover Posted April 19, 2011 #6 Posted April 19, 2011 Where can I find speed bleeders for my tour deluxe. I did an eBay search and can't find them.
wes0778 Posted April 19, 2011 #7 Posted April 19, 2011 Where can I find speed bleeders for my tour deluxe. I did an eBay search and can't find them. go to http://speedbleeder.com/Motorcycle%20Sizes.htm scroll down to the Yamaha list and look for Venture, I believe they are the same.
wes0778 Posted April 19, 2011 #8 Posted April 19, 2011 Its on the left side.Follow the hose till the end.Its got a rubber cover over it.i just put speed bleeders on mine this past week Taking the left rear fin assembly off makes it much easier, but DO NOT start the engine with the fin off.
Condor Posted April 19, 2011 #9 Posted April 19, 2011 Where can I find speed bleeders for my tour deluxe. I did an eBay search and can't find them. http://www.speedbleeder.com/
SilvrT Posted April 19, 2011 #10 Posted April 19, 2011 Taking the left rear fin assembly off makes it much easier, but DO NOT start the engine with the fin off. ...and why not may I ask?
Freebird Posted April 19, 2011 #11 Posted April 19, 2011 Because there are water jacket plugs that just press in and are held in place by the fins.
Acadieman Posted April 19, 2011 #12 Posted April 19, 2011 When installing speed bleeders you should expose about 2 threads on bleeder. By that I mean cut the tape off of the bleeder screw about 2 threads to get it started properly.My Buddy almost found out the hard way.
Guest scarylarry Posted April 19, 2011 #13 Posted April 19, 2011 I put speed bleeders on my clutch, best thing since slice bread easy and one man job to bleed now... Do remove the fin and have a few rags around cause when you remove the OEM bleeder you will lose some fluid, so it would be best to have bleeder close by and ready to install..
SilvrT Posted April 19, 2011 #14 Posted April 19, 2011 Because there are water jacket plugs that just press in and are held in place by the fins. Yes, I did know that but many others might not so I felt it should be explained.
SilvrT Posted April 19, 2011 #16 Posted April 19, 2011 ohhhh.........tricky tricky tricky.... they don't call me Tricky Ricky fo nuffin!
FuzzyRSTD Posted April 20, 2011 #17 Posted April 20, 2011 Good evening. I replaced my brake pads, flushed the brake system, flushed and filled the rear diff, and went to flush my clutch and cant find the bleeder. Can anyone point me in the general location? I have a 2005 royal star AKA "the beast" New tires going on this week!!! Whoo whoo I cant wait for the weather to break in Michigan!!! This may sound stupid to some of you,"What do you mean when you say flush?" I have a 2007 Tour Deluxe and so far I have around 14,000 miles on her. I have changed the oil and filter several times and the diff oil twice, did the spline clean and new grease. I changed the tires at around 6,000 miles, the rear was pretty bad ( I did run it somewhat low of air for around 200 miles) but the front was decent. The factory Bridge-stones just did not last. I replaced with the Avon Venoms front/rear. I love these tires. The bike rode like a different beast, in a very good way. I also put in the K&N air filters. Just wondering if maybe I need to flush and or add new oil/grease to my clutch/ ? miles or what ever ? The clutch basket was replaced at around 12,000 miles for the better less noisy clutch basket. Did the mechanic have to drain and put in new clutch oil ? . Thanks in advance. But I just do not understand what flushing means, unless you mean draining. Sorry if this sounds stupid, but I have heard this before and did not ask. I also do not mean to rob your thread, but sounds like your question was answered. James
Freebird Posted April 20, 2011 #18 Posted April 20, 2011 Flushing it means basically replacing the oil clutch fluid with new. The way most do it is like you are bleeding the clutch lines. You just open the bleeder and squeeze the clutch lever and force the old out. You don't let the reservoir get too low because you don't want to get air into the system. Just pump out the old and keep adding new to the reservoir until you see fresh new fluid coming out of the bleeder.
FuzzyRSTD Posted April 20, 2011 #19 Posted April 20, 2011 Flushing it means basically replacing the oil clutch fluid with new. The way most do it is like you are bleeding the clutch lines. You just open the bleeder and squeeze the clutch lever and force the old out. You don't let the reservoir get too low because you don't want to get air into the system. Just pump out the old and keep adding new to the reservoir until you see fresh new fluid coming out of the bleeder. Well shoooot, thanks Freebird. That makes perfect since. Now you know why I must always have this site to work on my bike. I will check the manual for when to change clutch fluid. So did the mechanic have to drain the clutch when he did the clutch basket ? James
Freebird Posted April 20, 2011 #20 Posted April 20, 2011 No, he would not have had to. I don't remember what the manual says and don't have it in front of me. I'm thinking two years. A lot of folks consider it regular spring maintenance though. (not me, I don't do mine that often).
Guest Zak202 Posted April 20, 2011 #21 Posted April 20, 2011 A good rule of thumb I use to tell if the fluid neeeds to be replaced is color. If the fluid looks yellow or brown, it is time to change, it should be almost clear/colorless.
twigg Posted April 20, 2011 #22 Posted April 20, 2011 No, he would not have had to. I don't remember what the manual says and don't have it in front of me. I'm thinking two years. A lot of folks consider it regular spring maintenance though. (not me, I don't do mine that often). Almost every car and bike manual on the planet recommends 2 yearly intervals .... you kinda grow up somehow just "knowing" that. I still think that it's so quick and easy that doing it every year makes sense. Brakes and clutch. It's not like bleeding, when you learn new swear words trying to get all the air out
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