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Posted by BigUgly
- March 12, 2013, 22:59:59 PMHello All.
Been a long time since I have posted. The last year has been a whooper. Had surgery on my left elbow(work injury). Then the day after I was released to go back to work I was cut off by a cager and wrecked my Drifter. Thank God that the handle bars and the hwybar absorbed all the damage. I broke my right shoulder which I'll be having shoulder replacement surgery sometime at the end of May. I have to wait until I'm off my blood thinners from my second Heart surgery in three years, that I had in Febuaray.
As you can see I have had a great fun adventure the last twelve months.
But now to the reason I'm posting. My doctor who also rides has released me to ride until my shoulder surgery in May. As I was finishing up the last few repairs to my bike, I had no clutch pressure. After 3 days of bleeding the line my wonderful wife found the small leak around the tit on the clutch switch. So I ordered a new Clutch Master Cylinder. I replaced it tonight and bleed the line until I had fresh Dot 4 fluid and no air.
The bike starts up and runs strong. But, I only have Neutral and 1st gear. The clutch will not go into 2nd no matter what. even pushed her out into the alley and tried to do it while I was moving but no luck. I read a post about the plates sticking, and since my bike hasn't been ran since September 30th I ran the bike for about 20-30 minutes but still no second gear. Tried rocking it back and forth, with the same results.
Not sure what I need to check next. Any suggestions for you guys would be greatly appreciated.
My Drifter is a 2001 1500.
Thanks
Allan
AKA: Big Ugly