hello all, i have done a search but dont seem to be able to find my answer, so just a question to you that know, a while ago my clutch felt.. diffrent. i checked the levels and it was empty, now its been filled the bite is right near the end of travel, and also i noticed that the level is dropping again, any ideas? if this is the end of my clutch, does anybody know what sort of price a replacement is? many thank's.
sam
new clutch?
Yup, you have a leak on the cylinder seal in the lower clutch casing where the front sprocket lives.
It just pumps a little fluid onto your chain each time it's used.
It's not a big deal, you can get a new seal set quite cheaply or just buy a replacement complete sprocket cover from a breaker or on FleaBay.
you'll have to bleed it again, of course, but it's easier than front brakes!
But bearing in mind that brake fluid is quite corrosive, especially to paint, you probably want to do something about it fairly soon......
It just pumps a little fluid onto your chain each time it's used.
It's not a big deal, you can get a new seal set quite cheaply or just buy a replacement complete sprocket cover from a breaker or on FleaBay.
you'll have to bleed it again, of course, but it's easier than front brakes!
But bearing in mind that brake fluid is quite corrosive, especially to paint, you probably want to do something about it fairly soon......
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
New seal under a tenner from Dave Silvers - I had the same problem with a slow leak - replaced seal and mysteriously still had a leak - eventually found the slave cylinder housing was marked allowing an incontinent dribble - as tony.mon suggested watch e-bay for complete second-hand slave housings - VFR and Blackbird's are exactly the same - I got a low milage one of breaking Blackbird for a fiver!