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Bleeding the clutch - BMW R1200 GS
« on: February 10, 2014, 08:20:50 AM »
Hi all,

A tip for those who may not know and apologies for egg-sucking advice for those that do know:

When the clutch system is drained, get a good quality medical syringe and attach a clear plastic hose to the 'needle' end.   Load it with about 15ml of clutch fluid (mineral oil, not brake fluid) and expel all the air like the doctors do.  Cable ties the clear plastic hose to the bleed nipple on the clutch slave cylinder, crack the bleed nipple and squeeze the plunger on the syringe.  When the fluid appears in the clutch master cylinder reservoir, the system is bled - hey presto!

I did this on 2 of my mates' bikes after spending an hour bleeding my clutch system having simply filled it from the master cylinder reservoir. 

Cheers,
BeenAround