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Posted by vagabondjay
- August 23, 2012, 19:17:49 PMthanks troll for you reply... like I said I had the bike for about 4 weeks..the bike is very well taken care of.. very very clean...all the fluids looked good..so I haven't changed anything yet...so I topped off the clutch res. and used a pin to clear out the hole and it did have a small piece of sludge come out but there is a stream like it should be.... I run sea foam in my gas..never ran in the oil. what oil are you running??? I ran 10w40 motorcycle oil in my vtx and I still run that in my v star..not sure about the history of this bike and what fluids are in it..
the other concern I have about this bike is with the oil pump going out and transmission problems.. I have some brothers in ATL they all owned vulcans and had issue with them ..is there a known problem with these engines and transmission failing???
Posted by chief
- August 23, 2012, 19:01:33 PMYou may only need to replace the clutch spring... there's a discussion of that on here... and some info over on the website under mods/tips. Personally, I use the current generation spring plate and holders (2 of them). When you open the box, you will need to measure the clutch plates to see if they need to be replaced... or if you are like me... I replaced mine anyway since I had it open for the plate and didn't want any more down time.
Posted by Troll
- August 23, 2012, 17:22:27 PMI'm still running the original clutch elements in my '01, with 70,000 miles. I replaced the pressure plate 30,000 miles ago, but nothing else. The kind of oil you have in the engine is important to a wet clutch. When I first got mine, it would slip a little when it was cold, and not quite disengage completely. After running sea foam in the engine for a couple of hundred miles and switching from what ever was in there to Valvoline the problem went away. You only need to remove enough fluid to inspect the compensating port in the master cyl. Cover EVERYTHING that might get splashed, and squeeze the clutch with the top off the cylinder...you should get a stream of fluid straight up for the first little bit of lever travel, and then it should be all directed to the slave cylinder. The slave cylinder is just ahead of the drive shaft, under the big chrome cover on the left side....
Posted by vagabondjay
- August 23, 2012, 17:08:34 PMok...so my next question on this matter is has anyone installed the gorilla clutch kit.. I was on the site and they have a page on how to install it..but I like to hear opinions from real people that have installed it
Posted by vagabondjay
- August 23, 2012, 13:31:12 PMso I have been reading all the post about the clutch slipping... I have 54k on my 02 1500... and mine slips when on the highway when I throttle up ..not all the time but if I ease into the throttle its fine..but if I hit it it will slip... so I noticed that my fluid was very low,...so iam going to go pick up fluid.. so I was reading how you should take fluid out of reservoir and check the pressure relief hole make sure its not clogged... so do I need to drain the line of fluid and bleed the entire system??? if so is there a link on where the slave cylinder is located.
thanks.. by the way I have only had the bike for a month.. really loving this bike.. came off of a vtx1300 and the ride is much better..