Bleeding Bleeding

[Doug Hare]

While the snow piles up in the driveway, all I can do is think about the maintenance I will do on the 84 Venture in about a month when I can get near the shed again.

 

Last year, among other things I bled all the brakes and some foul looking fluid came out. It looked like on the front forks there was a bleeder for the brakes and a secondary bleeder for the shocks. I have not noticed any fluid on the top part of the shocks so I am not thinking that the seals are leaking. Is it possible for fluid to leak from the front brakes into the shock. Are these two systems linked or how do they work?

 

I was also going to bleed the clutch this year. Is the slave cylinder hard to get at for bleeding?

 

Hope the people in the south are enjoying riding. It will be at least a month before we can ride in southern Ontario.

[GeorgeS]

Not hard to do, clutch bleed port top, just aft of the Stator Cover.

 

However if you have to change the Slave,cylinder, that gets into about a 2 to 4 hour job, in a Warm garage. They can be rebuild with a kit, for $15, but its better to replace with new cylinder, about $35.

Just as much work either way. If you have any problem with the Clutch system, talk to " Condor "

[Doug Hare]

Thanks for the information GeorgeS.