Clutch Slipping 2000 GSX 1300R

[Batfink]

Hi Al,

Been letting Maj help you out as he has way more knowledge and experience than me.....

Yes, mine has free play and like other about 10mm, I have also noticed after riding that the free play is still there no matter how long I ride.

It seems like, after eliminating mechanical maladjustments, that your system might have either a mico leak or water contamination that is creating a slow pocket of gasses to form. And as gasses(Oxygen or Hydrogen) increase their volume dramatically due to temp this could be the cause of you loosing free play and even clutch disengaging?

when you cleaned out your system did you use a hydrolic fluid, solvent or water?
when drying out system did you use compressed air or radiant heat?
How old are you lines?

My suggestion is to keep an eye on it and if there is any change then re-bleed your system and see if you have more gas. If so then replace all fluid again and repeat....
If there is still a build up of gas then replace all lines...

You could jump to line replacement but hydrolic fluid absorbs water, in fact water is actually attracted to the fluid. Once water is in the fluid then heat and pressures can separate the water into vapour or it's gasses.

While Hydrolic systems seem top be the most reliable for direct transfer of forces and even increasing those forces when it goes wrong you feel like the only way to fix it is a complete system replacement.

Hope you get it all sorted mate.

Cheers Batty