Clutch Help Needed

[utadventure]

Bob Meyer and his friend just arrived in SLC safely. Bob ('86 Venture) called and he is having difficulty getting his clutch to release. My initial thought is that because of the elevation change from Kentucky to Utah that the system has additional pressure and that if we open the master cylinder cap that will relieve it and his system will function normally again. Any ideas or suggestions before I go home from work would appreciated.

 

Dave

[DANJ]

Bob Meyer and his friend just arrived in SLC safely. Bob ('86 Venture) called and he is having difficulty getting his clutch to release. My initial thought is that because of the elevation change from Kentucky to Utah that the system has additional pressure and that if we open the master cylinder cap that will relieve it and his system will function normally again. Any ideas or suggestions before I go home from work would appreciated.

 

Dave

 

Dave,

Check to see if the clutch works better after the scoot cools down. Mine is starting to do something like you describe. After she has been out on the road for a while, it feels like the clutch is not totally disengaging when the handle is pulled in all the way. After she cools down it feels normal. If that is what he is getting, likley moisture in the fluid that expands when it gets hot. A good flush of the master lines and slave should fix it.

[utadventure]

Dan- He's at the Denny's just off of 4500 South. He spoke with Condor and is pulling the master cylinder cap and making sure the fluid level is right. After that he's going to give a test ride up Big Cottonwood Canyon. I'm planning on meeting him back at Denny's about 4:40 and he'll come out to join us for dinner.

 

Dave

[Bob Myers]

Dave,

Check to see if the clutch works better after the scoot cools down. Mine is starting to do something like you describe. After she has been out on the road for a while, it feels like the clutch is not totally disengaging when the handle is pulled in all the way. After she cools down it feels normal. If that is what he is getting, likley moisture in the fluid that expands when it gets hot. A good flush of the master lines and slave should fix it.

 

 

With the help of ultraventure we ran about a third of a fresh can of fluid through via filling/bleeding. The fluid we drained out of it was very brown, contaminated with moisture, it appears to have solved the issue. What Danj said makes very good sense about the moisture expanding, except for the part where the handle would fail to operate the unit without pumping it several times. But it would explain pushing the fluid back out.

Without his generosity and help I would have been forced to do this somewhere outside in the sun. He and his wife were very gracious host, making sure I didn't leave hungry!

[BradT]

Been there and did that, on the way to Colorado. Temps were over 100 and it started to act up on the highway, then when we hit the mountains it would not shift. When we got to the top in second gear, we bleed the old crap out with some nice new stuff, and it worked great ever since.

 

Best part was I made it to the top where it was about 70 degrees, what a relief

 

Brad