Patience is a virtue, replacing clutch slave cylinder

[ELIMINATOR]

Replaced this last Friday, no garage,  I've replaced the seals in the old unit twice, so I know what a pig bleeding the system is.left the clutch lever tied back for two days. Still no pressure, dark evenings and rain stopped play.This afternoon, as I finish early, out came the tools, off came the master cylinder cover, decided to tug the clutch the hose hear to the slave cylinder, bubbles galore rose to the master cylinder. 5 minutes later, full pressure attained..... be patient.....

[FJmonkey]

Kind of like the cream rising to the top. Another happy ending... 

[FJ_Hooligan]

Once again, tying the lever to the bar does NOTHING!  It's the waiting that allows to bubbles to rise in the system that makes it work.

PAITENCE is the best tool in the hydraulic bleeding tool kit

[Pat Conlon]

Naaaaa, the best tool for hydraulic bleeding is a MityVac.

[Timbox]

Naaaaa, the best tool for hydraulic bleeding is a MityVac.

Once you try that Vac or other type bleeder Vac, you will wonder what took you so long to get one.  Love it for one person jobs!!

[twangin4u]

Yes. Hand vacuum pump (bleeder) is cake. Although I've booked it more than a few times by just pumping the lever and flicking or tapping on the line with a box end wrench till all the air rose to the resivour. Takes 15 mins.

[ELIMINATOR]

Got one now, had to bleed the linked brakes on my Moto Guzzi California 3, after replacing the piston in the master cylinder.

[aviationfred]

The way to go is a vacuum brake bleeder kit. Brake/clutch bleeding takes 5 minutes. A must have tool.


Fred

[balky1]

I've read a lot of posts here saying you guys are having a lot of trouble bleeding the clutch. I wonder if I was just lucky or what since I bled it in less then 5 minutes, old-fashioned way. I filled the slave with fluid to the top with a syringe at first (with removed bleed nipple), put the nipple on, filled the reservoir and just pumped. Over in a couple of minutes.
Was I just lucky?

[krusty]

No, not lucky. The old fashioned way works if done right. I've lost count count of the number of times I've bled brakes, car and bike, and the only time I had a problem was when I refitted my FJ11 calipers upside down.

[Pat Conlon]

Upside down? How can you do that?

[oldktmdude]

Upside down? How can you do that?

I would assume, left on right side and right on left side.

[krusty]

Upside down? How can you do that?

I would assume, left on right side and right on left side.

That's what happened.

[bartzld]

I must have been so lucky. Yesterday I replaced the old clutch master with a FJR1300 master. I removed the old master, placed the new one, filled it with fluid before connecting the hose. Then it took 5 minutes of bleeding and it worked perfectly.