Discovered a new nipple!

[4corsa]

...on my 03 Le Mans, rear of transmission. Any idea what this is for? Assuming I should pump some grease into it - no?

 

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[footgoose]

clutch slave bleeder

[4corsa]

Doh! Thanks Footgoose!

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[po18guy]

4 hours ago, 4corsa said:

 

...on my 03 Le Mans, rear of transmission. Any idea what this is for? Assuming I should pump some grease into it - no?

 

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Rather than LeMans, the bikes could have been named the LeMarquis de Sade. Rear wheel off, you can almost reach it without pain. Wiggling the petrified cap off and actually connecting a bleeder hose - then undoing and replacing the whole mess - was my exercise for the month. But, the clutch has worked faultlessly ever since.

[billgreenman1]

...and I was hoping that this post was going to be about a newly discovered anatomical oddity la-la Scaramanga...how's that for obscure references?

[Lucky Phil]

4 hours ago, po18guy said:

Rather than LeMans, the bikes could have been named the LeMarquis de Sade. Rear wheel off, you can almost reach it without pain. Wiggling the petrified cap off and actually connecting a bleeder hose - then undoing and replacing the whole mess - was my exercise for the month. But, the clutch has worked faultlessly ever since.

Really?

Ciao

[po18guy]

5 minutes ago, Lucky Phil said:

Really?

Ciao

As to access, yes. I cut easily. I bleed easily. I like neither, so off the wheel came.

[docc]

It’s a breeze with the swingarm off. 

[Scud]

Next time I flush the clutch fluid I am going to try installing a hose for remote bleeding as my Stelvio (and I assume other CARC bikes). My Stelvio has a line where that bleeder valve goes. It terminates under the seat with a bleeder valve.

[docc]

1 hour ago, Scud said:

Next time I flush the clutch fluid I am going to try installing a hose for remote bleeding as my Stelvio (and I assume other CARC bikes). My Stelvio has a line where that bleeder valve goes. It terminates under the seat with a bleeder valve.

I’d love to see how that turns out, @Scud!

[pete roper]

It makes bleeding the clutch on CARC bikes a dream.