September 8, 201312 yr Thanks for all the previous advice motor now running really well, apart from clutch has no feel at lever & wont work bleed thru, all air out & still same, could this be sticking clutch if so am I best to strip the clutch or try to release by moving the bike in top gear, or could the master or slave cylinder seals gone, which would you advise to check first. Also front brake wont bleed up either pistons pushed back free but cant get lever to push them out? both on AJP systems bike must have been stood 3yrs as I know to what would you recomend?
September 8, 201312 yr Take the small clutch cover off & strip the clutch, if it's been sitting 3 years the fibres could have semi rusted to the steel plates, you'll need to pry them apart & clean the steel plates properly. If that doesn't work then it's into the master & slave cylinders Front brake caliper sounds like it needs stripping & checking, when you reassemble it fill the space for the piston with brake fluid before fitting the pistons. You'll lose a small amount of fluid when you put the halves together but if you don't push the pistons back too far you'll force any air out when you do later, leave doing that until connected back to the hose
September 9, 201312 yr All Sherco clutches stick together when they sit. But I've never dealt with one that's sat for 3 years. You might have to strip it. Best to back fill the brakes from the bleed nipple up with a syringe. If I just can't get it done, the last resort is to bleed the master itself by taking the line of, putting mu finger over the hole and pumping a few times. The pull the lever right in and re-attach the line.
September 10, 201312 yr Author master cylinder seals gone & previous owner bodged up the actuating pin so not getting stroke required so ordered 2 sets & will do front brake at same time, stripped clutch & came off in 1 lump all stuck together so will clean & re fit then should be good to go. Thanks for all your help
September 10, 201312 yr 75w is fine This is what I'm running in my 05 at the moment http://www.splatshop.co.uk/ipone-gear-box-oil-1-ltr.html For any problems you have Chris at splatshop would have to be the first place to ask, very knowledgeable & helpful
September 14, 201312 yr Hi Malc, I would recomend doing the clutch mods mentioned in the Beta forum, at the top. I think it's really worth the time and effort. Cheers Taff
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