hogie

Active Member

• Feb 12, 2015

• #1

My master cylinder is losing a small amount of fluid each week needing a small top up. Been like this a couple of months but clutch works fine, though twice now I have had to hook my foot under and help lift it back up.
Can't find any wet under the m/c or pipe work and the slave too is bone dry. But the fluid is going somewhere. This week the clutch has started to judder like it has got fluid on it and I wonder if it is possible for fluid to leak along the pushrod into the bell housing and contaminate the friction plate?

 

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scoots

Active Member

• Feb 12, 2015

• #2

leaky slave.....sounds like a scene from 50 shades..sorry lol

 

barmatt

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Feb 12, 2015

• #3

hogie said:

My master cylinder is losing a small amount of fluid each week needing a small top up. Been like this a couple of months but clutch works fine, though twice now I have had to hook my foot under and help lift it back up.
Can't find any wet under the m/c or pipe work and the slave too is bone dry. But the fluid is going somewhere. This week the clutch has started to judder like it has got fluid on it and I wonder if it is possible for fluid to leak along the pushrod into the bell housing and contaminate the friction plate?

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It is possible for it to be leaking into the bell housing and quite likely if you can't find a leak anywhere else but it would have to leak a hell of a lot to reach the friction plate.

I'd get it changed pretty soon though, a new slave is only a tenner.

 

hogie

Active Member

• Feb 12, 2015

• #4

Thanks gents I will order a new slave

 

Littelwill

Well-Known Member

• Feb 12, 2015

• #5

scoots said:

leaky slave.....sounds like a scene from 50 shades..sorry lol

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We were all thinking it

 

Littelwill

Well-Known Member

• Feb 12, 2015

• #6

hogie said:

Thanks gents I will order a new slave

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Wasn't that banned ?

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• Feb 12, 2015

• #7

My slaves a bit leaky, I just give him Tena pants to wear..

 

hogie

Active Member

• Feb 14, 2015

• #8

I knew I shouldn't have ignored my clutch problem. Started it this afternoon push the clutch down to select first and 'clonk'. I could pull the pedal back up by hooking my foot under it but now it is locked solid.

 

hogie

Active Member

• Feb 14, 2015

• #9

I now realise this means the release arm has gone but my question was "is there a work around that would let me drive it to a garage or am I looking at recovery"?
Working on it at home isn't an option as the driveway is too crowded and I have 2 motorcycle projects underway in the garage that I can't move

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• Feb 14, 2015

• #10

Get a tow.