stupid bike or stupid me?

[Justincoleman]

I'm guessing stupid me
Sorry for all these questions. I will become a proper member soon
From my previous post about the exup pulley and valve. When I took my side fairing of to get at the pulley case I may have undone the wrong case first (stupid moment) the case I undid was about 6 inches about the pulley case and a bit of liquid leaked out. I did it back up tightly. Put the bike back together and Rode it to work tonight and now for some reason it feels like the clutch is slipping in all the gears really badly. I was pulling the throttle back and it was moving but not like normal but was revving high. Now the day before I Rode it back 25 miles and had no problem with the clutch at all so I'm guessing it might have something to do with that case.

[Justincoleman]

I meant to say was about 6 inches above the pulley case give or take a few inches.

[nuggitt]

Could you take a photo of this case. I can't think what it is??

[Justincoleman]

Yes I will do. I am on break from work at 10pm, I will take a picture then

[BONLY1]

Black and Held on with three bolt heads - clutch slave cylinder by chance?

[Justincoleman]

Yep that's the one

[nuggitt]

OMG!!! If its the clutch slave mc. You'll need to bleed it to get all the air out.

[Justincoleman]

Have I caused alot of work for myself or is it a easy fix?

[Justincoleman]

What an absolute plank is it fairly easy to do or not?

[Teego]

What an absolute plank is it fairly easy to do or not?

It's not hard. About 45mins on a Saturday morning. Once you get the hang of it hydraulic bleeding is quite easy - clutch, brakes etc.
It's all about getting the air out and some nice clean fluid in.

[jas328sport]

I regularly have to do mine if it has been left unridden for a long time, the way I did mine was to remove the reservoir lid, undo the bleed nipple and gently squeeze the lever and lock the nipple before releasing the lever. Keep doing this until the fluid flows smoothly out of the nipple when you pull the lever. Only pull the lever slowly as otherwise fluid spits out of the reservoir.
Not sure if this is the correct way of doing it but it worked for me.

[jas328sport]

I regularly have to do mine if it has been left unridden for a long time, the way I did mine was to remove the reservoir lid, undo the bleed nipple and gently squeeze the lever and lock the nipple before releasing the lever. Keep doing this until the fluid flows smoothly out of the nipple when you pull the lever. Only pull the lever slowly as otherwise fluid spits out of the reservoir.
Not sure if this is the correct way of doing it but it worked for me.

Obviously whilst doing this you need to keep the reservoir topped up.

[nuggitt]

Here you are Justin. Watch this chap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PXTsOukXuU

[Justincoleman]

Brilliant thank you everyone. Such nice people and alot of help. I can see me coming here quite alot will have a watch of that video in the morning and have ago tomorrow when I have a spare hour

[BONLY1]

the case I undid was about 6 inches about the pulley case and a bit of liquid leaked out.

Likely the seal has gone as this unit should come off without losing liquid.
Not too difficult a job either and there are plenty of seal kits on ebay etc.
Undo the three bolts and remove the unit - black and round.
Squeeze the clutch lever a few times while holding the unit over a bowl of some sort.
The piston will pop out and all the hydraulic fluid (that's left) with it.
You may be tempted to fiddle with the rod that the cylinder actuates upon - it will be visible through the now open casing where the slave cylinder was removed from. Leave it alone in position (unless it's filthy rusty and needs cleaning up) because when you remove it, take care not to lose the small ball bearing that may come out with the rod especially if you're working with the bike on the side stand.
Just take your time and maybe photo each bit of the process to aid you when replacing?