Quick question, is there a special way to blead the clutch fluid? I did it the same way you bleed the brakes.. Has been ok but after a long day of riding my lever (2 finger el cheapo lever) pulls all the way in on only feels like it engages the last 10%. As a result i cannot get my duke into neutral if it is running.. PLEASE HELP!!

I always bleed upwards, oil in by syringe (KTM part) at the slave cylinder.

You still have air in the system then. I find it hard to bleed because the master cylinder is so small and it 's easy to bleed the level below the hole and suck in a bit of air into the system. Mature oil is so expensive so you want to believe that you've finished but no..... You have to get that bubble all the way through the system all over again.

PS - did you bleed at the master cylinder as well as the slave?

Yip, will try again tomorrow ... Let's hope . Sdnerd Ps. I need it to go into neutral so I can get it off the trailer at the track.. Then the fun begins

Reverse bleeding it from the slave up to the master cylinder is the best way.

Then..................now im giving away my special secrets here...........................get ready................................

Connect a small clear hose (washer tubing works) from the master cylinder nipple into the resevoir (make sure it's ful) and bleed away until every tiny bubble is gone. Takes ages to get it perfect but when it is the clutch is real nice and smooth with no slop. Saves wasting any fluid.

Thank me later.

Swap 1 and 2.

Every so often close nipple and pump up lever 10times then start again. You'll get a little more air out.

thanks a mill.. will try tonight and let you know

YOU GUYS ROCK!! Clutch is sorted.... Awesome tip Viking, worked like a charm.... going to try it on Brakes tommorrow...

THANKS AGAIN!!

Yo Davey.....you do know the SD uses two different types of fluids for clutch and brakes......

I have just put a new clutch line in my RC8 after breaking mine. Your tips on reverse bleeding were absolutely bang on!

Cheers Viking for the tip on bleeding the air from the lever with the tube into the reservior, that sorted mine right out!

Happy days

Tight scotsman here mind. Too mean to waste a drop of fluid. It's 5quid a bottle!

This product looks interesting.



About $68.00 online and works on cars and bikes.

Hi All,
Just tried refreshing the Magura blood in the clutch. Bought the bike recently and had no idea what fluid is in the clutch but it was not as red as blood. Ordered a set on fleabay, came with 2 syringes and an additional nipple. Of course the piece of hose supplied did not fit over the standard nipple on the slave, and the supplied nipple had different thread so didn't fit in the slave, the joys of Fleabay. I had some silicon tubing that did fit over the standard nipple and also on the supplied hose.....longer hose and a bit more flexible....

Took off MC cover, emptied old liquid as much as possible. Filled the syringe with blood and hooked up the hoses to the slave nipple. Opened the slave nipple and tried to press the blood upwards.....messy all around and could not really get fluid in the system, guess the hoses did not connect tightly enough. Tried the other way around; filled the MC with fresh blood and tried to suck it down....lots of air in the syringe....might stil be too loose fit of the hoses...so started pumping the fluid through the system. When clear fluid came out I closed the slave nipple and filled MC to the top. The I tried bleeding the nipple on the MC, put some absorbing cloth around the nipple (no hose that fits), pull the clutch lever and slightly opened the nipple, fresh fluid came out, no air. Did this a few times untill MC reservoir was low. Refiller reservoir and closed all.
Clutch goes pretty smooth.
Started up the bike to see if the clutch still works, HELD the from brake

Thanks,
Marc

From memory, the KTM kit has a syringe with a threaded connector that is fitted in lieu of the slave bleed nipple.

Yes, the threaded connector was included but the thread is too small to fit in the slave. Plus it is a pass through nipple that you can not open and close, it is simply open....no idea what to connect that nipple to if it is not the slave. Can't g on top of the slave bleed screw...maybe it is small enough to replace the bleed nipple on the master but then it is still a direct open pass through nipple.....nothing more then a connector...

I openend the master bleed screw a few times after squeezing the clutch lever....oil comes out, no air...but this is a bit of a rough method....

Did you buy the KTM syringe kit?

Hello No. 47,

yes...well at least a kit called KTM Superduke on the German Ebay:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/400099928193?ssP ... 1497.l2649

Came with 2 syringes, some small washers and a nipple.

regs,
Marc

Ok,

Will do that. Thanks DougFir,

Marc