Bleeding clutch or brake master cylinder on motorcycle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ธ.ค. 2024
- Many times after sitting for a long time the master cylinder can lose fluid and allow air to enter the system and the clutch or brake won't operate correctly or at all also need to do this when bleeding other parts of the brake or clutch system.
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You sir are a genius! I couldn’t understand why as soon as I put my motorcycle into 1st it would stall. I added fluid into the reservoir and it didn’t help. I somehow ended up on your video and figured I couldn’t make it any worse so I did what you did and when I loosened the banjo nut a bunch of air came out and my clutch got stiffer. Put it all back cleaned up and now I’m ready to ride. Thank you so much!
Glad it helped!
You freaking genius!! I bleed my clutch and had no pressure in the handle...never once thought of the banjo nut (Idk if that's what it's called) but I just tried what you showed and boom I got a clutch again! thank u!!!
Random Pebble ....having the same problem, never would of thought of this 👍
Over 1,000 miles from home and the clutch stopped working. Found this video and you saved the day! Quick fix and back on the road 🕺
Glad to hear it helped, don't forget this if your hand brake (not foot brake) does the same thing.
I lost all my pressure in my clutch lever and spent 4 hours trying to bleed my clutch 4 different ways to get pressure back but with no success. Watched probably 30 other videos on youtube and nothing helped. Finally after 4 long hours I stumbled on to your video on a last ditch effort, and no exaggeration I had it fixed and got my pressure back in less then 2 minutes. Really wish I had found your video way sooner, but better late then never. Thank you sir.
just bought a 1984 honda magna, and could not figure out why the clutch didnt have pressure! thank you so much sir!
This better fix my 83
5 years ago you made this tutorial and today it helped me. I was bleeding at the slave and the problem was the master. Worked like a charm! Back on the road!
I just updated the title of this video to include the brake as well.
Thanks for watching.
Hi Gordon, thanks for clutch master cylinder vid i have been pulling my hair out for 3days trying to get my zzr1100d to bleed up did what you said and perfect in 20 min happy days thankyou rigsby. 67yrs old.
Glad to hear it helped. Thanks for subbing.
Thanks to your video I got my clutch back super fast. Your method worked like a charm.
Holyshyt that worked I was trying to bleed down at the bottom and couldn't get no pressure on the lever and tried this and pressure almost immediately thank you so very much would have never thought of bleeding it up at the top
Straight to the point, thank you! I really like learning a quick fix in just a few minutes. Time to bleed a clutch!
Thanks for watching.
Gordon, I'm glad I saw this one. I have the same bike and year. Clutch got soft over the winter. Figured I would bleed the entire system. This seems easier and will be the first thing I try. BTW, spring clamps work great on the clutch and brake levers and C clamp on the brake pedal when left overnight. Thanks for the video.
Dude. You rock!... ive done brakes on heavy equipment and cars...my yamaha fj1200 has bleeder at slave cylinder. Simple enough right? WRONG! So your tip here..breaking the line at master cyl. Clutch has pressure now! Air in master cyl doesnt go down to bleeder. Thank you brother!
Glad to hear it helped. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for making this video... was having trouble bleeding the line after changing the clutch master master cylinder on my Super Tenere, and your advice solved my problem immediately !!
Glad to hear it helped.Thanks for watching.
Thankyou for making this videoa it was a huge help in showing me how to get my bike back on the road. this was my first motorcycle repair and i donk know about motorcycle repair but your video was super easy to follow. thankyou for doing what you do!
Thanks mate. Now my ninja1000 is on the road again. Beauty. No need for syringes now.
Good to hear it helped.
Perfect explanation i would have never thought of bleeding it from that top bolt bike has been down for the last 3 months fixed in seconds.....now i know...cheers!!!! Riding tomorrow hell ya!!!!!!
excellent, done plenty of bleed jobs on cars, never on a bike. You filled the gaps I needed quickly. Much respect!
Just wanted to give you a big THANKS - got the clutch working again because of your video! :D
Glad it helped.
Thank you so much, I worked the whole day on bleeding the clutch but this one finally worked 💪 👍 Honda Magna
Thank you so much! Tried "by the book" for a while, cracked the banjo, air released and had clutch back!!!
Thanks for this it helped after all day of getting no clutch
Ty so much for posting this video I was about to spend money that was unnecessary on a new clutch master cylinder
Glad to help. Thanks for watching Roy.
Thank you, fixed my 1986 aspencade in 10 minutes, great instructions. Hubbard Ohio
Very simple . best video i seen by far i got my bike fixed as soon as finished watching this video !!!
I'm glad to hear it worked for you. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, you are a thru genius 👏. You save my day to bleed the clutch on my suzuki gsx 1100.
Thanks for sharing. Also its nice to see your truck running again it sounds great.
Thank You Sir and thanks for following.
Great tutorial on bleeding the clutch! Buying a 20th anniversary edition Goldwing and the clutch wasn’t engaging... I was a few hours away from sending it to a dealer to fix!
I hope you got it working. Thanks for watching.
Gordon Robertson not yet, ordered the full clutch master and slave rebuild kits and will repair it this weekend. But with your great tutorial I feel it will be easy.
Thanks for the video, I always bleed the nut down by the alternator, works for about 3-4 days then have to bleed again. I will try the banjo nut😊
If you are bleeding it that often then you might have brake fluid leaking into the motor and contaminating the oil, better to go ahead and change the slave cylinder.
Hey Gordon DOT 4 has a higher boiling point than DOT3 might make a difference in a performance braking system but shouldn't affect a clutch system
Is that what it is? I know it won't hurt anything, I've been using DOT 3 for like 35 years.
Good evening Gordon from KS. Glad your truck is running good! I kn ow that was alot of work.
Don't quote me but I think the DOT 4 is synthetic, absorbs more moisture and has higher heat rating.
I will try to remember to find out what the difference is before I do another video on bike brakes.
Apparently according to Google DOT value says something about the boiling point. Higher DOT value higher boiling point.
Fantastic, you saved the day !!!!
Wow... hot damn that worked like a charm! THANK YOU!
Glad to hear it helped. Thanks for watching.
Hi , thank you for the tip on brake bleeding. William
8/7/2019
Thanks for watching.
same problem on my 1984 honda magna gonna try this after work tomorrow
Great job on the Detroit, bravo. I notice you are tearing up the reservoir fasteners with a phillips. This is very common. Those are not phillips screws. They are JIS screws: Japanese Industrial Standard- different profile. A phillips won't penetrate deep enough into the slots. If the screw is stubborn with corrosion you risk ripping the screw apart at the slots and you'll have to extract them. You can replace them with Allen heads, that's what I do on mine.
Thanks, I'll have to look into that, but after 40 years of turning wrenches and about that much on bikes too, I have always just tapped the screwdriver handle with a hammer to loosen the threads if it's too tight. Thanks for subbing.
That's what I did. No joy. Ripped the slots right out on my KLR. Had to extract them with a chisel and hammer, then replaced them with Allen head countersinks of the correct length and never-seized them. I learned about JIS from that experience. I live in central mo and get up to St Louis often.
A week does not go by that I don't see torn up JIS screws on Japanese bikes. A Phillips screwdriver and Phillips head screws have a curved profile at the cross of the slots. JIS screws do not, so a Phillips screwdriver won't penetrate deep enough into the slots and the driver won't grab the screw correctly. A JIS screwdriver is needed to extract them correctly without tearing up the screws.
Driving a Phillips screwdriver into a JIS screw with a hammer will begin the destruction process. Applying torque after damaging the screw will complete it. If you're able to extract the screw then you got lucky, but you should replace the fasteners with Phillips if that's what you're going to use.
Well once again, I've done it my way for 40 + years and have a feel for when it's not wanting to come out, if you force it prematurely it will strip, but my way works fine for the little I have to do it on those. I will look into the JIS screwdriver you mentioned.
Thats exactly what I was looking for thanks man awspmeb
Glad it helped.
Nice video bro 👍
Never would have pegged you for a wing man, I had two 1st gens maybe ten years ago.
Do you go by Bill or William, dom you ride?
Do you ride?
Been riding over 30 years, started when I was 5 or 6, I buy, sell & fix bikes when I have time which is almost never anymore since I work all the time.. At one time I had 31 bikes inside my house. I ride everyday unless its snowing or icy. Will:)
I have exactly the same problem on the same year GL1500, even the same color. I will be trying to bleed the clutch for the first time. Wish me luck.
Update: I just finished up. Clutch feels like it is back. Seemed too easy, making me feel like I did it wrong? Plan to test ride after bleeding rear brakes.
Thanks for watching.
I rebuilt my slave cylinder had to leave it cracked over night to fill up lines and slave before I could bleed mine
Thanks bro ✌️💯💫
@2:35, we already tought you was never in there since its completely empty!:p
Yep...same. 30 yr old barn find.
>>---------------------> The difference between DOT 3 and 4? DOT 3 leaks more.
I looked into it later and found the difference is the boiling point of Dot 4 is higher for higher heat applications. Thanks for watching and commenting.
>> Gordon, that was a joke. Good video.
Had exactly the same with my Honda pc 800,after laying up,com,ply dry master cylinder. done this job, worked fine but then let me down
The next day leaking from the slave cylinder.
Which musta been what happened the first time.
If it's leaking that fast, you better replace it and change the oil and filter too.
Oh I have 99 Suzuki 1500 Intruder
Nice bike.
Junk it bro...