Neautral Problem.

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keges335
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Neautral Problem.

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My 1995 Suzuki Intruder 1400 is always hard to find Neutral on this bike.Is there an adj,.
for this,.,

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Re: Neautral Problem.

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About the best you can do is to clean up and lubricate the linkages.Then give the clutch a bleed through with clean fluid.

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Re: Neautral Problem.

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Wrong thread...
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keges335
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Re: Neautral Problem.

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I did bleed clutch cyl with new fluid . When I finished bike. Yesterday oiled shift linkage and seemed better,.,I will rebleed system again though,.This only 3rd ride since bike is been done., :putput:

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Re: Neautral Problem.

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Sometimes air gets trapped in the banjo coupling at the master cylinder. I usually wrap a rag around it , crack open the coupling and squeeze the lever, hold it at the bottom of the pull and re-tighten the fitting.
Be careful to cover the paintwork well, brake/clutch fluid destroys paintwork.
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Re: Neautral Problem.

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Lechy wrote:Sometimes air gets trapped in the banjo coupling at the master cylinder. I usually wrap a rag around it , crack open the coupling and squeeze the lever, hold it at the bottom of the pull and re-tighten the fitting.
Be careful to cover the paintwork well, brake/clutch fluid destroys paintwork.
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Messy, but it works. With flat bars, I usually tilt the bars hard right, with the bike held vertical, so the banjo fitting is lower than the master cylinder, then operate the lever - slow pull, hold, then snap back, repeat. If you have pull-back bars, you probably have to loosen the MC mount and slide it up the curve of the bar to get it tilted that way. It takes a bit longer than Lechy's method, but cleanup is easier. [emoji2]
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