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Installing Dave
Dodge's High Performance Kevlar Clutch |
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Installing Stainless Steel Clutch LinesSince I was already in the process of installing a Kevlar Clutch
Kit , I figured I might as well replace my stock hydaulic lines with stainless steel
lines. It is probably even more important to switch to stainless steel lines on the
brake lines, but that will be saved for another day. The first step is to remove the clutch line from the slave on the left side of the bike. This is accessed by removing the small plastic cover. Disconnect the end of the stock line and let it drain into a container. Pumping the hand lever will force out more of the old fluid and then take off the cover on the master cylinder and pump some more. With most of the old out, disconnect the line from the master (your bike is covered at this point, isn't it?). With most of the old fluid out, it is time to remove the old stock line. I had hoped to pull this line out as a single unit and keep it for emergency future use. However, I found the only way to remove it was through the use of a precision extraction tool. With the old line out, simply snake the new stainless steel line through, following the same basic path the old line followed. I started from the front and it went in fairly easily. The next three pictures show the slave cylinder with the stock line disconnected, but not removed, and the new lines attached to the slave and master cylinder, but not dressed yet. Since I was on the clutch hydaulic system, I decided to also replace the bleeder valve
with a SpeedBleeder. I had heard the horror
stories some people had reported of trying to bleed the system and was nervous about
getting all of the air out. Bleeding the system, however, turned out to be a simple
task. I started by following the directions and opening the SpeedBleeder a 1/2 turn
and start pumping, |