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hydraulic clutch conversion

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I have the clutch cover, slave cylinder and master cylinder on the way.
Aside from a new hose and gasket is there anything else needed?
This is for my 76.
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Re: hydraulic clutch conversion

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Did our 76 a couple of years ago, I think your list is good.


they can be a tuff thing to bleed....

throw out rod length is 5/8's IIRC....

careful not to rip the boot the throw out rod sits in.... you will get a massive oil leak ( bet you know why i know)....
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You'll need to fashion a push rod. 1000 clutch and 1200 slave don't match perfectly. I forget the length, but it's not too hard to fab one up.
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I made ours out of a bolt.....

5/8 inch. be sure to round the ends and smooth it out well (see above story)
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I may have one. Let me ck tomorrow
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Thanks guys..the push rod was one of the things I was wondering about.
That would be awesome cyborg. Let me know what you want for it if you have one
oldewing..not enough coffee? :mrgreen:
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
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If that doesn’t work out, I have a few gl1200 lifter rods - perhaps you could mod one of them
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I looked this morning. Seems that the one I have is 1 and a half inch long. Sorry. I was gathering parts at one time to do a conversion, and thought I had one.
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Round bar stock cut to length, rounded and smoothed, as noted above, is a pretty easy job.
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CYBORG wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:54 am I looked this morning. Seems that the one I have is 1 and a half inch long. Sorry. I was gathering parts at one time to do a conversion, and thought I had one.
tks for checking cyborg. I can manufacture one.
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1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
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1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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5speed wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:46 am
oldewing..not enough coffee? :mrgreen:

No, I left a burr on the rod I made, it cut the rubber seal and let ALL the oil out ...........
82 GL1100 Interstate-Oldewing October 23 BOTM
06 GL1800 Road bike, as in Rode alot...
Sometimes I wrestle with my inner demons.........
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Re: hydraulic clutch conversion

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Oldewing wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:27 pm
5speed wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:46 am
oldewing..not enough coffee? :mrgreen:

No, I left a burr on the rod I made, it cut the rubber seal and let ALL the oil out ...........
I will file that away. I will have the engine out when I do the conversion on the engine so it will be a bit before I find out I did an "uh oh". :mrgreen:
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1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
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2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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"I will file that away. " .... I see what you did there ...

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Rat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:38 pm "I will file that away. " .... I see what you did there ...

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not intentionally. :mrgreen:
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)

2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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