Why won't my clutch bleed??

[KISSfanJoe]

I've been riding the Voyager to work for the past 3 days and everything has been great! The clutch has been working, but the bike has been sitting a few years, and that is the one thing I forgot to flush the fluid on! So today I decided to take the cap off and it was a brownish milky color. I put the cap back on, attached a hose to the slave cylinder and tried to pump the old fluid out, but nothing is pumping. Thoughts on why the fluid won't come out??

[voyager55]

Put speed bleeders on your bike. They have a check valve in them, works great

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[Avidrider62]

My trick was to pull lever back and let it snap into place to jog the clutch master. Just pulling the lever didn't work. I rebuilt many masters and also, the small pin hole at the bottom of the master must burb.

[ekap1200]

Hello Joe, I just looked at your profile and occupation was left blank ; So not wanting to insult your mechanical level I just wanted to stress to you to be sure to cover things up while working with brake fluid ( if you did not know this already ) I will eat the top clear coat and begin eating the paint before you can get things cleaned off. And you black panels will be burned white in color. I keep an old plastic salad bowl out in the shop and keep it under the master cyl while working on it and cover things up. Work on it like its belongs to someone else that you would have to pay out of your pocket any brake fluid damage that may occur ......
On the bleed issue, keep in mind your trying to push fluid downwards with a small limited amount of volume from the master cyl.
Still with that in mind you should have had some fluid expel from the slave cyl.
If the rubber cap was not on it , it may be full of road crap and rust. Don't try to force it out by applying more pressure, it could release quickly and spray brake fluid up on you and painted parts.......
Once cleared out and with new fluid in it , you may have to pump it up and just barely crack open the top banjo-bolt to let the air ( that will travel up ) escape from the line. If so ; repeat until its bleed of air.
Larry is correct in using speed bleeders, they are great little items as long as the rubber cap is installed and no crap can get down in them over time. Also put a hose on it and down into a bottle of fluid to both catch the expelled fluid and as a visual to let you know when air is purged from the slave cyl.
Gene Kap.

[carl leo]

covering the plastic to protect from brake fluid burn is vital. i use a tried and proven method. i cover the whole side i am working on with a garbage bag, then cover the bag with an old cotton towel. the towel will catch and absorb any thing that escapes and the plastic bag creates a barrier. if the brake fluid contacts the plastic it will turn the plastic white and continue to melt the plastic. be careful, the inner panels are no longer available from kawasaki.

[KISSfanJoe]

Hey Guys, I figured it out! It turned out to be a clogged slave cylinder. I took it apart and the port was clogged badly, so I cleaned it up and inspected everything. Now it works great! I did not think about covering the black plastics. I knew it would mess the paint up, but didn't think about the black part. So, thank you for saying that! I covered everything up, and tore it apart!

[ekap1200]