Calling Dave (repiv) in the middle of something ??

[mlc]

Hey Dave,

I am in the middle of this http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=370792 sorry for the "other" site but the pics are very good. My problem is that when I go to reassemble it the bolt holes are not even close to lining up, like inch off. Do you need to retract the piston on the slave cylinder? Did I move the fork when I removed it? It seems to be in place but I need to look at it closer.

Any advice....please.

Some pictures of my problem. As you can see I loosely mounted the slave cylinder and the fork "seems" to be in the currect postion. Does anything look incorrect?? Please say yes.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii311/goridemtb/DSC_0071.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii311/goridemtb/DSC_0073.jpg

Thanks.
Kevin

[mlc]

Bump added some pics. Anyone dealt with this.

Thanks.
Kevin

[repiv]

That doesn't look to bad. Remember that the fork where it is in the picture is in the resting position. When you push on the clutch, it will travel further away from the slave. The plunger doesn't have to be fully retracted up to the hilt into the slave. It doesn't travel very far for a complete clutch depression (maybe 1/2").
Also remember that the fork locks into the spring clip holder by pushing straight into the tranny housing and it has to be evenly seated. If you can be sure of this, then you should be good to go.
Now that the plunger has been extracted from the slave, you will have to bleed it really well. Grease the plunger properly before re-inserting. You'll have a lot of air to get rid of. When inserting, unscrew the bleeder valve once the end of the plunger is inserted till the plunger is all the way in. Then close bleeder. This will get out more air to begin with and the bleed will be easier and more successful.

[desmo4]

If you haven't added any fluid to the clutch reservoir after you took it apart then put the boot and rod back in and push the piston back into the cylinder. Yhat's all there is to it.

Jonathan

[mlc]

That doesn't look to bad. Remember that the fork where it is in the picture is in the resting position. When you push on the clutch, it will travel further away from the slave. The plunger doesn't have to be fully retracted up to the hilt into the slave. It doesn't travel very far for a complete clutch depression (maybe 1/2").
Also remember that the fork locks into the spring clip holder by pushing straight into the tranny housing and it has to be evenly seated. If you can be sure of this, then you should be good to go.
Now that the plunger has been extracted from the slave, you will have to bleed it really well. Grease the plunger properly before re-inserting. You'll have a lot of air to get rid of. When inserting, unscrew the bleeder valve once the end of the plunger is inserted till the plunger is all the way in. Then close bleeder. This will get out more air to begin with and the bleed will be easier and more successful.

Thanks Dave,

That is exactly what I did. If it would have said in the DIY you will have to crack the bleeder valve and push on the slave cylinder and rebleed the sysytem, I would have done that from the start. It didn't say anything about that so I didn't want to start forcing things. The older i get the more I realize that if it came apart easly it should go back together the same way. Which it did once I knew what to do.

One question. I pulled the fork off and greased the the pivot spot on the fork. It looked the same us the rod, basically dryed out 10 year old grease. Was that the currect thing to do? I didn't put I huge amount, nothing that would sling around.

Man....this is the third clutch bleed in the last 3 weeks or so and two brake bleeds as well. My wife and I don't even need to discuss it anymore. We just do it.

Thanks again Dave.

Kevin

[repiv]

Greasing the fork pivot is a good thing. You should have also greased the fork "fingers" that go around the release bearing and the ball and socket, too.

[mlc]

Damn it Dave.....I was going to do that but I was concerned about slinging grease on the clutch. Looks like that will bug the $hit out of me until I am under there again and I am sure I will.

Kevin

[repiv]

You might be able to take the rubber boot off and get a bit of grease onto the fingers with a long stick. You don't need much, certainly not so much that it will sling around. The TO bearing is small diameter, so the angular forces from rotation is low.