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Just replaced clutch spring on '01 vulcan 1500 classic fi and used mean streak spring per instructions on gadgets help page, put it all back together. Now the clutch won't engage even after bleeding, what did I do wrong?

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  • Anonymous Mar 27, 2014

    i didnt ride my bike for about 3 months and had to bleed the clutch as it seemed full of air. after bleeding it it feels fine but seems to not engage fully because it stalls the bike when i put it in gear, even with the clutch fully held

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Assuming it was reinstalled properly....try the following. while bleeding the system, squeeze the clutch lever several times to pump up the system as normal; open the bleed screw while holding the clutch lever in and air or fluid comes out. instead of closing the bleed screw hold your finger over the bleed screw and pump up the clutch lever in the normal fashon and bleed by releasing your finger to let the air escape try this several times to see if your clutch comes back. I don't know why but this technique works sometimes...Mike...Make sure you always have plenty of fluid in the resivoir at all times

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Clutch lever will not sqeeze in at all.

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I ran 2 bottles of fluid through mine before I tried this...took a squeeze bottle with a clear rubber hose, attached it over the bleeder screw. opened the bleeder and with the reservoir empty, pushed fluid up from the bleeder to the reservoir...out came the air and the clutch works great now.

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    Did you make sure that the last friction disk was installed in the short slots of the clutch basket ?

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