well, about a week ago I noticed that the clutch was begining to drag a little bit, but by the time I reached my destination, I had no clutch at all. so I took the cover off and checked the plates/piston/bearing, and all seemed well. so I decided to try and bleed the clutch and sure enough there was a good bit of air in the line. after that the clutch worked fine for about a day. and then it began dragging again. same problem. all the crush washers are there and everything seems in order. now the question is how do I isolate such a slight leak? should I just say the heck with it and rebuild from master to slave? any help would be most appreciated!

............pikey

Is there any external leakage or is it all internal?

Regards
Klaus
PASO 750, 1990

:confused: does the fluid disappear as well or does it just suck in air it sounds like the o-ring in the clutch slave bearing is shot you may have to replace this or the whole bearing itself .

Rodney

Bellapaso, if I find a resolution I will most certainly let you know!

pikey

Pikey, I feel your pain. This past weekend, I have spent countless hours trying to get the air out of my clutch line without success.

Now I have taken the gloves off and it's me and the clutch. I took my clutch cover off, put two clear lines: one on the inlet goint to a can of brake fluid and one bleed hole. I ran the bleed hole tube through my vacuum pump. Still sucking gobs of air out. I even siliconed the piston area to see if it was leaking there. This is really blowing my mind. I can't seem to get the air out. So far, it's kicking my butt but the fight isn't over.

Is there anyone else out there that has conquered this problem?

I have no problems bleeding the clutch, but then again I have never started with the line empty. I'm never really getting much air. the problem seems solved after I bleed the line, but within 20 miles it begins dragging again. I'm getting murderously frustrated with it. I am about to just friggin rebuild the whole damn thing, from top to bottom!

pikey