ST1300 Clutch Slave Cylinder - 2022 Ep 4 

Sometimes you have no choice lol. It's really pretty straight forward except for getting to the 3rd bolt on the cylinder housing. But now I have a lovely 1/4" drive swivel head ratchet in the tool kit. I'll be all set in 5-6 years to do it all again. I think I might flush the system every second year. Thanks for the Twain quote. Had not seen that one before.

Good idea and certainly more capacity.

I'm trying not to lose my family friendly rating lol. Trying.

Doing the work also let's me assess what might give me problems later on. As long as it is mechanical and I don't have to go deep into the engine, I'll tackle it.

Good idea. The padding is worn off these old knees. I'm glad I got to lie down for a lot of this. The creaks and moans of getting up were mostly edited out.

Thanks Pete. I think I used one of your artivles as the guide for the fact I could do it. I think there was only 3 crush washers on the slve hoses. One at the bottom, one betwee and one at the head of the bolt. Can't remember now... maybe I've blocked that due to the traumatic stress. Hopefully I will have another 15 years before I have to do that again.

I try to do as much work as I can. Funny, I won't install my own tires. I'll let the kid at the shop do it for the $30. I will take the wheel off and in to them though. No use paying for an extra hour of shop time for the wheel coming off and back on. Thanks for watching.

Good thing it may only have to be done every 12-15 years.

it's not the getting down that hurts, it's the getting up lol. I try to do yoga regularly in the winter to get ready for bike season. I figure I need to do what I can to keep moving. Lots of moans and groans edited out of the video. As long as something hurts I know I am still alive.

@@OldGuyonaBike 100 % on the getting up, no problem going down. Myself, dumb bells and rowing machine.

Thanks for watching. Yes, every new job seems to require at least one new tool. My tool chest keeps expanding and luckily I don't have anyone else trying to get into it.

Usually can get the bike on the road by mid-May here and camping by mid-June. Hopefully I'll have some warm enough days to get some other work done in April. Unheated sheds are a pain. This was a satisfying job to get done.

I never know when I start videoing a repair or maintenance issue if I am really going to succeed lol. As long as it is just mechanical, I can usually do it.

Thanks Dick. I have the MM set up in the garage right now too. Have had a few afternoons where I was tempted to turn on the electric heater in it for an hour and then go for a nap. A table does make it a much more useful space during the day and evening.

It was my first time. Learned a lot. Brake fluids this spring!

Thank you and thanks for watching. Winter is a good time to get things done. My shed is not heated so I am limitied on what I'll get done between now and April. Got a few things I want to do for sure before traveling far this year.

The slave cylinder unit is the better way of going but Honda Canada had a 2 month back order on it. The rebuild kit only took 10 days shipped in from the US. Now that I've done it once, I think I could do the slave replacement in about 45 min. Mind you, by the time it needs to be replaced again I won't remember how. But I do have a video to follow now lol.

I worked half the summer last year awayfrom home and then parts were back ordered. I've promised myself to have the bike on the road much earlier this year. Usually May. I was worried that some people might think this was getting on the road this year... nope, dealing with snow for another couple of months.

The ST-Owners forum has been a great help too. I've always gotten service manuels for my bikes. So amny things one can really take care of themselves and save some money at the same time. Probably won't get on the road until May here, but already planning quite a bit of riding.

It wasn't too bad... just took time.

Warrenties run out Dave, lol. Took me a couple of hours a day over 3 days... with realizing I needed more tools lol. Maybe 9 hours of puttering. Funny thing is, the Honda way, i.e. taking the engine out calls for 8-10 hours for a trained mechanic x $120/hr. plus Honda parts that aren't available. Wasn't that tough a job, just time consuming. I have more time than money these days.

Thanks Harry. I have several pairs but I forget to get them out lol... mind you, all of them seem to pinch after a while.

If I had a heated garage, I'd look at buying some winter time fixer'uppers. Too many are afraid of doing tehir own maintainence and then get freaked by what the shop qoutes them. I rebuilt the master cylinder in the last video so I think I might be good for another 15 years as long as I flush every two.

Hope it helps someone down the road.

Good incentive to flush the system every couple of year lol...once I had the right ratchet the 3 bolts were not too bad, but yes a PITA. A lot more painful taking it to a shop and having Honda pull the engine out of the frame to do it. I figure it will be 10 years before I have to worry about it again and by then it probably won't be my probelm. Still, it's good to know that we can do that ourselves.

Good for you. Do not put off the trips. Unfortunately I did, then cancer took away my dreams of traveling on my bike. I am an armchair participant now. Good luck, have fun.

I will probably be doing 2 plannning videos at the end of February. One on this year and the other on my long range plans for 2023. I have a couple of weeks planned for Newfoundland and a fall trip to Ontario and possibly head south for a few weeks. We'll see how the borders are.

Sorry to hear that Harry. I keep telling myself that I have to keep traveling while I have my health... any "rainy day" savings funds I have are getting spent on sunny (or rainy day) activities now.

Ah... might have had some pressure in the bleed line? I didn't have much trouble except for trying to get XXL size hands and fingers into a XXS space. I've got to do brake fluids and cylinder rebuilds this spring. Easier to get at I think.

Lines had no fluids in them. I could feel the change in tension at the bolt when I loosened the nut. Had the pan from new so I know they weren't altered from factory. Maybe I was 'lucky' with the factory fitting it like that. Sense of relief is still with me haha

I was not a good boy in replacing my fluids... way too long an interval. It seemed to have started when I had problems with the shift linkage freezing up... was neglecting the ball joints and I replaced it with a salvage linkage. The bike had been sitting most of 2 years due to pandemic and when i took her out, once warmed up she whould not shift above 2nd. Cold she would go through all the gears. 20 min. later, nope. I could not get a whole slave assembly in Canada in a timely fashion so I went the rebuild route. Have about 3500 km on that and she feels brand new. Can't wait to get going this spring... which here is about the middle of May. Going out to shovel right now lol.

Good luck on swapping out the engine. I'm glad I didn't go by the Honda manual and take the engine out to refurbish the clutch slave cylinder. It will probably be tedious but the manual should have the step by step instructions.

Because the clutch slave cylinder is at the very back of the engine and almost the centre of it, everything possible gets in the way. If I had used my lift, I would have had to snake my hands up through the lift to reach it. Even a table style lift would have meant contorting, bent over to get my hands up there. This seemed like the easiest way for me. The hardest part was getting up off the floor once in a while to take a break or get a tool I needed. I edited out all the grunts and groans lol.

Anything is better than pulling the engine as the service manual suggests.

No Tom, I'll keep my nose in the theatre stuff to make travel money... I don't want to get stuck fixin' others' bikes lol. Don't mind wrenching on my own bike though.

The fairing can be a pain. I'm actually going to pull most of the plastic off in April when it is at least above freezing in the shed. I've had an antifreeze overflow after topping it off too much but haven't had a leak. That being said, my radiator is clogged with so much highway sludge that I am going to take it off so I can soak it and get all the fins cleaned out. I am contemplating ordering in a new set of hoses and clamps as I have a gut feeling I will damage some during the removal as they have been on so long. Maybe save some bucks and order a salvage set off ebay. The biggest trick with all the fairing parts seems to be lining up the tabs on some parts that fit into another piece. I've broken off a couple of the lower fairing bolts over the years and I have assorted push pins from various sources now. Are you a member of the ST Owners forum. st-owners.com I know that there are whole sections on the fairing parts within the ST1300 tech section. I've got to go looking for the tupperware worksheets again. Someone did a couple of good diagrams on them. Note: almost all the Honda techs these days have never seen an ST1300 so they are prone to taking extra time as they are trying to figure their way around them too. I'll do whatever I can by myself.

Haven't gotten on line very often while travelling and missed this. Trying to remember. I think close to the bottom of the radiator resevoir.

Merci. Google traduit dit que vous posez des questions sur la clé articulée. Je pense que tu veux dire la clé à cliquet. Il s'agit d'une marque maison dans l'un de nos magasins Canadian Tire, mais une longue tête pivotante de 12 po et un entraînement de 1/4 po pour les douilles ne devraient pas être trop difficiles à trouver.

@@OldGuyonaBike je la trouvait bien c est pour cela merci une question l huile honda elle a quoi de plus par rapport au autre marque d huile ici pas facile d en trouver merci encore et bonne route V

@@jeanpierrebrelivet6143 Je ne pense pas que l'huile Honda soit si spéciale, mais je l'achète par habitude. Tant que l'huile a la cote moto, ça devrait aller. Je sais que de nombreux coureurs utilisent du synthétique.

@@OldGuyonaBike je met que de la semi synthetique de chez motul vais voir pour la honda

Je sais que certaines personnes ont mis le vélo sur le côté, mais le côté de la béquille latérale parce que vous avez besoin d'accéder à l'endroit où le levier de vitesses se connecte à la boîte de vitesses. Vider le réservoir aurait alors du sens. Maintenant que je l'ai fait une fois, je pourrais le refaire dans environ une heure et demie.

@@OldGuyonaBike merci j ai vraiment pas envi de le faire un jour et surtout pas l alternateur c est pour cela que j ai tout passer en led phare clignotant feu arrire etc

@@jeanpierrebrelivet6143 Je dois penser à changer mon éclairage aussi, mais pas cette année.

I did look at using the lift but at it's safe working height I would have been stooped or on my knees for a lot of the work. That would have really hurt. Lying on my back with only getting up occassionally was better for me. By the time I have to do it again, it probably won't be me doing it lol.

@@OldGuyonaBike I hear ya!