Front sprocket cover

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Miztaziggy
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Front sprocket cover

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I know it isn't a Storm, but bear with me, I am thinking of taking off the cover to clean behind it, but the clutch is connected to it.

I did take it off on the storm once, and it was fairly simple, just kept the rod in far enough that clutch fluid didnt leak out / air get in.

Looking at the cover on the blade, it **looks** like the same sort of thing, just wondering if anyone can confirm if this is the same as the Storm, where I would unbolt the clutch slave cylinder and inside it will be attached to a rod going through the bike? I really don't want to take it off if it's massively different and im gonna piss clutch fluid everywhere.

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my mate always cable ties the clutch lever into the grip.... :thumbup:
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Yep hydraulic clutch so works on the same principle. :thumbup:

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take the lever off, then it wont push the piston out.
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benny hedges wrote:take the lever off, then it wont push the piston out.
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if its like the storm then the slave piston has a spring behind it so the piston will come out by itself anyway,cable tie or some tape round the slave piston once its removed should remove the need to bleed the clutch afterwards.
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Lovely thanks guys, will give it a go tomorrow and see how much gunky black crap has built up in there

Lol, which reminds me, has anyone ever dropped any of that stuff, stood in it, then walked through the house on clean cream carpets? :roll: :roll:

I got a right fcuking bollocking when I did that, the marks just don't come off.....
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yeah lol, its a nightmare that stuff, so sticky..
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Leave the cover in place, park the bike over a tray with absorbent cat litter in.
Fill a garden pressure sprayer with Gunk or paraffin, spray into the clutch cover area.

You will definitely need to re-oil the chain though.
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Lovely, thanks, might try that, because I couldn't get the b8stard cover off anyway, it's on so tight, and part of the cooling system is bolted on blocking it, would mean draining that down I guess, and I really can't be bothered
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