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Technical & Mechanical Problems
'80 Clutch takeup "play" almost gone? Adjustments avail or replace?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1440325" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>The most likely scenario for that symptom, assuming that it really has changed, is air bubbles in the fluid. Bleeding the clutch line can be difficult due to the nearly vertical fluid path, the bubbles don’t want to move down and out the bleed nipple. </p><p> </p><p></p><p>You can try ty-wrapping the clutch lever to the bar overnight with hopes that the air will migrate up to the top of the hose, then get sucked into the reservoir when you finally release the lever. You can try tapping the fluid line with the lever compressed to try and coax the air bubbles into drifting upwards.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively, you can do a reverse bleed, but that requires specialized equipment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1440325, member: 3828"] The most likely scenario for that symptom, assuming that it really has changed, is air bubbles in the fluid. Bleeding the clutch line can be difficult due to the nearly vertical fluid path, the bubbles don’t want to move down and out the bleed nipple. You can try ty-wrapping the clutch lever to the bar overnight with hopes that the air will migrate up to the top of the hose, then get sucked into the reservoir when you finally release the lever. You can try tapping the fluid line with the lever compressed to try and coax the air bubbles into drifting upwards. Alternatively, you can do a reverse bleed, but that requires specialized equipment. [/QUOTE]
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'80 Clutch takeup "play" almost gone? Adjustments avail or replace?
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