Hello John Talley here with Partzilla.com. Today i'm going to show
you how to bleed the clutch system on our 2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000. Pretty simple
to do. I just need to grab a couple of tools and I'll show you how to get it
done. This is going to be a very easy one so it barely rates on the scale of a
level one. As far as the tools you're gonna need? Really short list. Phillips
screwdriver, 8 millimeter wrench, and just a length of clear hose. Now as far as the
parts that are going to be required for us, it's just gonna need some DOT4 brake
fluid. Now if your particular project is needing more than that,
reference our drawings at Partzilla.com. That way you can get everything that you
need to get this little project accomplished. So once you've got your
parts and your tools together we can go over there and I'll show you how to do
it. Alright starts by, let's just go ahead and remove this little side piece
and get that reservoir cap open. If I were you I would go ahead and lay down
some type of cloth-- something to you know, protect your plastics. You do not want to
get brake fluid on your body panels because it will eat into that paint and
or any decals you have. Alright how often should you be doing this? Well they say
to quote "replace your fluid every two years," and by the looks of it I don't
think this has ever been done because that looks like some dark water
nastiness that doesn't need to be in there at all. I mean new brake fluid has
kind of a, I guess a gold tint to it, and that is not a gold tint. Alright so not
that tough, this is your slave cylinder for the clutch. All you need is an 8
millimeter wrench and just a length of hose. This is a 3/16, and just something
to catch it in. We're gonna be using some DOT4 brake fluid. Want to keep the
reservoir full, and what I'm doing is I pulled out this upper plate and the
diaphragm because we just want to put the cap back on because it'll actually
spit fluid out at you, and we won't have the cap in place to keep that from
happening. So let's start pushing out some of this
nastiness. Go ahead and pull your clutch in, open up the valve, and then it'll
start to push it out. Alright hold it, open the valve, closed. Just like that.
Alright as you're doing this you want to check it about every three or four times
because it's going to be drawing fluid through the reservoir and you do not
want it to run all the way out and introduce air into the system.
Pull in, open the valve, close, and repeat. So we're just going to keep doing this
over and over again till we get new fluid pushed all the way down to the
slave cylinder. It's gonna take a little while, but it'll be worth it. But the
reason you want to do this is that brake fluid is inherently what they call
hydroscopic. It actually attracts water. So this is an actually an open system
that lets air get to it, and hence you've also got water in the air so it can get
in, it will get into the fluid. So it's important that you flush that out
because you don't want water in your system for a couple of reasons,
especially on the brakes more than though on the clutch, is it has a lower
boiling point compared to the fluid. The other thing is if you've got water
inside the system it's going to break down your seals. That's going to start
you know, breaking down the actual pistons and components that are both in
the the master cylinder as well as the slave cylinder. So it's important that
you flush out and get in new fluid that's fresh. How many times you're going
to have to refill the reservoir? It's a little bit of a guess on my part but I'm
figuring at least 10. Well that's what I'm gonna do.
Plus you'll be able to tell the the fluid actually getting pumped out it's
gonna be a whole lot more clear than when we started.
Alright guys that's that's about ten times the fluid's starting to look clear
coming out down at the slave cylinder. Now we want to set our level and what
we're going for this is
upper mark right here. That's your upper, and this of course your lower. So I'm
just going to fill it up to that level.
That's it. Now you can take your little plastic
diaphragm and that nylon piece up top, get your cap back on. Now you just want
to make sure any that was spilled you go ahead and get off. Get this piece
back on, holds that cap in place. Now make sure that valve is shut all the way off,
take off your hose, put your dust cap back on-- back on the slave cylinder.
Well alright guys, that pretty much wraps up this simple project. Well listen, no
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