FJRPittsburgh
Rally Addict
Excellent story. It sounds like the changes you've made in your life are starting to pay off. Glad to hear you're back on the road again. Maybe run a little Techron through that tank also. Nice to see you posting again.
NICE!Installed the new slave cylinder and it took me 3 hours to bleed it. The Mityvac was useless, wouldn’t pull any fluid. Activating the master cylinder with the key on, then off helped. I was getting SH_26 code during the bleeding, and had me worried that the clutch activator motor was bad. By removing the slave, turning on the key, opening the bleeder valve, and pushing in the piston by hand, close the bleeder, turn off the key, and it would draw fluid from the reservoir. Then repeat until no more bubbles. Then I mounted the slave on the engine, turned the key on, and no more SH_26 code. Went for a test ride and it was perfect. No slipping at all, and clutch engagement rpm in 1st gear was normal 2,000 rpm. Whoever worked on the bike before me, put the clutch judder spring in backwards. It works noticeably better when you assemble the parts the right way.
Thanks Brodie for the suggestion. I wonder though if the clutch actuator is the Achilles heel of the bike. Do they typically fail before 100,000 miles, or in my case before 50,000 miles? Any AE bikes get to high mileage without reliability issues?Diablo1
E-Bay is your friend here. I purchased one for $200 a couple of months ago. Granted it had over 70k miles on it, chances are good it wasn’t throwing any codes.
Worth a shot.
Brodie
Great news. As much as it is a PITA on an AE bike, make sure the clutch circuit gets flushed/bled every couple of years (along with the brakes).A mileage update. The bike now has 81,000 miles and no codes thrown and clutch is fine. When I go for a ride, I no longer worry about getting stranded.
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