Goldwing Clutch Bleeding Tip
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- Bleeding a Honda Goldwing Clutch. Tip on bleeding difficult Goldwing clutches. GL1200 shown, also applies to other Goldwings with hydraulic clutches. The article with pictures is here; www.goldwingfac...
A video from 10 years ago 100% helped me today. I was able to pull into an AutoZone with my dead clutch, borrow a 12mm, some shop rags, a screwdriver and some Dot 4 and get back on the road.
Invaluable video, sir. Thank you for putting this together.
I haven't tried any of this yet, but at least someone took the time to document the steps to try. I've been riding my Goldwing for 15 years and I just assumed it had a clutch cable like my old Honda 350. LOL I went to adjust the cable this morning... then went to the manual.... then went to TH-cam. Thanks for the post Steve.
THIS! I spent four days wondering why clutch wont work on my VT750c Shadow 83'.. tried almost all air bleeding techniques. Had my clutch opened twice. Until I found this video and it worked instantly! Thank you very much sir!
Thank you so much!! My clutch stopped disengaging while I was about 30 miles from home today, thankfully someone nearby had a 12mm wrench that I was able to disconnect the line from the reservoir with and bleed enough to get me home.
Saved me today. Have rebuilt many slave cylinders and bled with no problem. Did master and slave this time so system was dry. Priming the master with finger over the port then banjo bleed was the trick. Clutch came back in about two minutes.
This is by far the BEST video on the subject of BLEEDING A CLUTCH
Straight to the point. No BS talk, just show and tell. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Great video, I will give it a try. I am to assume that it isn’t necessary to have the engine running during this process. Thank you again.
thank you steve saunders for putting video on bleeding clutch for wing gl1200 this stopped me going mad. ps remmbered to cover the paint work up .
Exactly what was needed - Thanks! My air was in the banjo bolt.
Have you ever tried just holding the lever closed over night? I did this with my bike and it worked. Today when I leveled bike several big air bubbles came out of the master and it started to work just fine. The more I pumped I could see more air bubbles come out.
That sounds like that would work about as well as burning incense and sprinkling the bike with holy water. It might be with the lever closed, the system would be under pressure and maybe??? the air bubbles would work their way to the top of the system where the master cylinder is? Sounds hokey, but people used to think claims that the Earth was actually round sounded hokey, so I could just be scientifically challenged as to why the method you describe may actually work.
It works. I did it that way and less mess. Apparently there are a lot of air bubbles that come up at the top. It took me about half hour of pumping and holding open handle. Going off to other things then come back to it and watch all the bubbles come up then pump it up again.
Thakn you.. the book totaly screwed me up.. but this worked.
Now if I can find out how the air got in the line to begin with
So if I put my finger over master and still no pressure, I assume I need a master rebuild?
My 85 Aspencade, I have the clutch in, put it in gear, kills the engine. Like clutch isn't working? Got dirty fluid and I clean out master cylinder, refilled it. I didn't clean out complete system though. Could be I need to bleed it all out with new fluid? I'm not ready to spend big money.
Great video, had it done in a few minutes. THANKS!!!!
What fluid did you use
This saved my butt today!
Hi I have an aspencade and I took it out the other day and my clutch was slipping bad going up hill this never happened before I was told I had to bleed the clutch so I did the lever is not spongy it doesn't have any free play its out as far as it will go does this mean its wore out when I took the cover off the master it was below the low line & had a lot of black crap in it it all came out when I bled it though it was spongy when I started but now its all the out NOW WHAT \ HEELLPP. /
GREAT post. Saved me hours!
I bleed my brake and clutch by squeezing and securing the handle (cap off) leave it overnight ..
What about reverse bleeding? any problems doing that with the gl1200?
Run fluid up to master cylinder from bleeder fitting .Small plastic with hose, put fluid in and squeeze. Do all brakes the same. Then ride like u stole it.
Thank you!! Great Video!! Question though. I have a GL1500, should there be any play at all in the clutch handle? Also, approx. how far from the handle bar grip should the clutch handle be before it engages the transmission. Currently I have about a fingers width. Two more questions... I bled the clutch using your method at the bango bolt and that worked great but my question is if I never loosened the clutch slave cylinder do I still need to go through the bleeding process there as well? So that you know, my fluid level window is a little hard to judge and my fluid got too low which is what I presume caused my problem in the first place, I needed to add fluid even though I have seen no evidence of loss of fluid. I park the same place in my garage and the concrete ground is completely clean. Any Idea's on where I could have lost so much fluid? Thank you once again for this very informative video, as I am not mechanically inclined, you made this job so easy for even me. Thank you!!
Thank you for posting this trick!
Good video. Thank you
thank you sir for this info.
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Thank you for sharing, I tried it and it work beautifully.
When I do anything with the master brake cylinder I use the plastic as in this video but I also put an old bath towel on the plastic to keep any of the over flow from running and or pooling on the plastic. This is a very informative video on bleeding the clutch
I was having heck of a time. Even used vacuum pump. Never got Resistance on lever.
Did the trick and finally got resistance. Bike was on center stand and still couldn't turn tire by hand.
Bike has been sitting for years so thought maybe clutch stuck or that's just how it is. Put it against a wall, pulled clutch and dropped gear. Jerked forward then good. Clutch feels nice and disengages trans.
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10 million internets to you good sir on the banjo bolt thing. Did the trick and was uber easy
As always S.Saunders so a novice how to work like a pro.Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Great video. Here it is 2020 and I just followed the tips for GL1500 and back to working like a charm.
Tried for an hour to bleed, watched your video and it was a two minute fix THANX
Re: Goldwing Cluch Bleeding Tip
Thank you Steve Sanders, I followed your tip on cluch bleeding & within a few minutes got my Goldwing shifting again. I had visions of a large bill if I took it in for repairs. Besides, I needed to have it picked up by a flat bed tow truck as it is a trike. It's an excellant 2001, but the fluid level window is very cloudy & I can't see the fluid level unless I remove the cap. Thanks again, Jerry
I just bought an 84 gold wing interstate and there is no clutch so I'm going to try this
Started out opening Lid to Master Cylinder then opening Banjo Bolt. Bled that. tighten back up. Gravy Fed line and that worked. roughly 15 to 20 min. Just wanted to say Thanks for the Video. Helped a Million. Subbing. need more Vids for the 1200 Aspencade :)
Thanks for the vid...would have never found that bleed screw. Works like a charm now!
It worked!
Thank you!
I was struggling with mine for a minute
Hi Steve,
What's the brand or type of fluid you are using for this?
Good day Sir.
Great video, I was having problems bleeding my Honda Shadow when I ran across this tip. Worked like a charm on that bike too.
Great Job....Thank You..
great Video..have you made one regarding overhauling the Final/Bevel Drive?
THANK YOUUUUUU, this saved soo much time!!
You saved me buddy. Thank you for sharing that video
This helped a lot I just bought one had issues with clutch and this help fix it
Thanks man! the banjo bold tip really saved me!
Worked like a charm on my “94”
Thank You
Steve Saunders....YOU, sir, are a GENIUS!!! I rebuilt the clutch master cylinder and couldn't get it pressurize once I re-installed it. After about 20 minutes of the same process over and over, I finally came to TH-cam and found the wisdom needed to bring my life back into harmony. Thanks!
Thank you for your help
Very usefull, ty
Another success story. 1999 Kawasaki Drifter had to pull soft clutch lever in all the way to shift. I reverse bled with syringe and was worse. Searched youtube for help, found this vid. Covered tank, clear plastic over master cylinder, little rag around banjo bolt and loosened it, pulled in lever and tightened bb before releasing. Did it twice and it's perfect. Thank you for posting video!
I had not had my 1986 Honda Goldwing 1200 interstate for about three months and one evening i wanted to clean my white walls on my bike. I was washing and pushing the bike forward to get to the rest of the tires and I lost my balance and the bike went down. I raised the bike back back and finished my tires and.when I was finished I started the bike and when I put it in gear it stalled. To make a long story short the fluid resvoir was low and when it tipped it got air in the line. Thanks to this video I bled the resvoir and checked the fluid again DOT 4 I bled it one more time and topped off the fluid and i am on the road again. Thanks to this video I am a very happy Rider.
nice!
Sounds like more than a hydraulic problem, if the clutch is slipping. Thy hydraulics is for disengaging the clutch, so when it fails, the clutch is typically fully engaged. Maybe you have worn out clutch that needs replacing? And you probably need to replace all the fluid and bleed out the air Good luck.
you could use some well placed rags and not be so sloppy , why get the brake fluid all over the place like that , that's going to bleed out of everything and everywhere for days , even if you wipe it up if someone payed a shop to fix the bike and it starts bleeding oil out of places on the first sunny day or too ,,o god no , the S.M.s head will roll ,
Tim
Thanks ...my clutch would not firm up for anything until I took the banjo bolt out....thanks for the tip....saved me a trip to the shop and I drank cold drink of water to you...
Thanks James
Another question about my Aspencade doe's the engine have to be taken out to replace the clutch because if that's what I have to do I might as well take it to the shop because I always end up with to many parts left over with a big job like this .
Imahoboto in reply to James Robert salter
You saved my sanity . . . for a day. My Suzuki Intruder's clutch was not firming up, after a fluid change. Air was hiding in the master cylinder just as you showed. Bleeding at the banjo fixed it. Obviously there's an air trap where the tube line goes in. Thanks!
Jaymz
That's why I covered the bike with plastic sheets. as you can see in the video.
Thank you so much...we were having clutch trouble on a trip...the fluid was out after filling it still was having trouble and this fixed it.
happen to have video on vacuum bleeding the rear brake on a Goldwing? Front and rear are linked....
I did exactly what you showed on video, but clutch lever still not firm, does that mean i need a new master cylinder?
Anyone else have to put fluid in more than 1 times a week?it looses fluid but i dont see it on the ground
38 happy wingers, 2 harley owners.
can one use dot 5 brake fluid i also have two harleys but they use 5
Thank you Sir. Extremely helpful.
Clutch can be removed with the engine in place.
Thank you my friend, got my Rc51 right!!
What if you bleed it and it feels good, only to slowly gain air and go completely soft after a few days? I hear a sucking sound near the reservoir cap on lever release, I noticed in this video you had a plastic thing between the rubber diaphragm and reservoir cap, mine doesn't have that. Am I missing something?
AngryVikingwGuitar Yeah. It should go accordingly;
Top: Black outer plastic cover.
Middle: White plastic barrier, groove side down.
Bottom: Black rubber diaphragm.
worked awesome glad you posted this saved me money
worked awesome glad you posted this saved me money
Thank you sir. excellent video
thanks dude, finally got my cbr1000rr working
Thank You It worked GREAT
Thank you sir for sharing so much Sir.
Thank you it worked.
Thanks, saved me a lot of trouble. :)
Thank you it worked great
thanks, good one..
Hi. Can anybody tell me if you can remove the clutch slave cylinder to replace seals without taking the engine out
Trevor Gibson I'd like to know as well. Did you already do yours?
JasonWW2000. Yes, it was straight forward with no problems
yes,put your goldwing on center stand,you will see 3 bolts ,and the banjo bolt ,no need to take out alternator,I did it twice till I laid down and looked at it good luck