Clutch fluid Leakage

[Ghostrider1972]

I have a 2000 Royal Star Venture and I have a leak that is making me crazy. Yamahas are not supposed to leak. It forms a pool on the lower shock and drips. I recently changed the clutch fluid. Is this the slave cylander leaking?

[Bummer]

Is the fluid in the reservoir going down?

 

If you're referring to the rear shock I'd wonder about the shock going bad. They often leak oil as they're going.

[gunboat]

i am pretty sure that it's leaking from the shock and not from the clutch. you should notice the fluid level in the slight glass start to drop lower. but how high do you keep the oil level in it's sight glass. any more than middle of the glass you could get oil blow by on to the shock? just a thought.

don c.

[allwx]

Most likely this is oil coming from a blown fork seal. Your bike is plenty old enough to have started leaking fork seals. It is possible a leak is coming from a caliper, and this should be easy to discern, by examining the caliper on the offending side very closely. If you don't see any oil above the fork covers, and there is nothing wet around the calipers, then it surely is fork oil you see.

 

BTW it is a good idea to rebuild both forks, rather than just the one that is leaking.