A fine video, fella! 👍🏻 Rumour has it that area gets crudded up and the crud can hurt the slave cylinder, so worth cleaning every so often. Mine is 2yr old and 8000 miles, so will be checking soon.
Did you notice any additional noise after this sprocket replacement? Great video (as always). Companies tend to do whatever they can to keep production costs down. That being said, it would seem that Suzuki deemed it necessary to use a more expensive front sprocket which is made with a (elastomer ?) damper (for noise abatement?) and your replacement sprocket does not. My dad (who was a REALLY smart guy with a lot of mechanical experience) used to say "There are no extra parts. If it wasn't needed, they wouldn't include it." So, does everything feel and sound the same (or better) than it did before the change? I'm looking to do this same job on my 2004 DL 1000 so I hope you can reply before I hunt down this sprocket. Maybe I don't need the damper, I don't know, but after this job, I think you do. Hope to hear from you. As always, thanks for sharing! You save me a lot of pain, anguish and money!
Hi! Do you put thread locker on all your bolts? I always use blue- medium strength threadlocker to ensure that none of these bolts vibrate out during my rides. Thanks for the great info!
I'm not sure what they are doing for the 2019 brake lines, best bet is to go on stromtrooper fourm and ask. I ended up just rerouting my brake lines and cables on my 15.
Hi great tutorial. However, I just disassembled my slave for persistent fluid leak and found the dirt seal completely missing along with the bolt spacer you showed. Do you know what this spacer is called and/or where I might find a replacement?
You'll have to get the spacer from Suzuki SPACER, CLUTCH RELEASE Part # 23171-06G00 , not sure if there's any aftermarket seals out there or not. If that spacer is missing that would make that seal leak, because it will make it cockeyed. hopefully it didn't mess up the threads on the engine case.
Hello, good video. Can I use this also for the TL1000R ? My clutch fluid is increasing every month...have to fill it each time.... So there must be a leak but I can't sea any oil so far.
@@VStromGarage After seeing your video I cleaned under the chain cover today. It was nasty! I think this was the first time in 70k km. The previous owner did not clean it, I guess. i also removed the push rod and it started to drain motor oil where the rod was. Is this normal? I immediately put it back in and desided to ignore it for now. May be only a small amount of oil is normal? When the push rod was back in, no more oil came out. Thank you for the detailed video!
When I did this on the top bolt of the slave, the entire cylinder that the screw screws into came out with it and now I can’t get the slave cylinder to tighten back down not sure if when removing I broke a weld or what...
The cylinder, aka. the spacer is suppose to come out, check the threads behind it on the engine case, make sure there's no gunk in it. Also check the threads on the bolt, may have to run a tap and die and clean them up.
usually when that happens it's either the push rod isn't straight, or you didn't release the clutch lever before you tightened the slave cylinder all the way. If it's the second one good chance the outer clutch plate needs to be put back in place. Open the oil fill cap and see if the outer clutch plate looks separated, if so, sometimes you can get a screwdriver and pop it back in place.
Hey bro I have 2014 dL 1000 I replaced my chain and sprockets When I put it back together and I turned the bike on oil came pouring out on the floor I didn’t do any thing with the clutch lever or the slave cylinder piston. So I’m guessing what I did wrong was not engage the clutch lever to prevent the slave cylinder piston from popping out (which it did and now noticed after your video) and it leaked brake fluid out? Stressed!
Hey bro so I put the piston in and held the clutch down then reassembled everything and it’s still leaking major amount of fluid. It’s not brake fluid from the hydraulic clutch, it seems like engine oil. What am I doing wrong
I am baffled with the clutch lever, I know that the service manual says also to clamp the lever before removing the slave cylinder but why? Am I wrong to think that when lever is squeezed the piston comes out to push the rod and thus it shouldn't be squezzed, like the brakes? Does it work the opposite way, when lever is squeezed piston goes in...?
ya, it doesn't seem right, but I believe that it pushes the piston to the end of the travel and it keeps the pressure of the fluid from popping the piston out.
Maybe I missed something but when you put it back together it appears you forgot to put in the spacer tube that you took out after it dropped when you pulled the cover off. Just an observation. Other than that great video man. Very straight forward and to the point. Thanks again
@@VStromGarage i recently pulled this off to install a 3d printed pushrod protector, had a hell of a time trying to put the space back.. thanks for this. will reopen it again to check how clean it is now
A fine video, fella! 👍🏻
Rumour has it that area gets crudded up and the crud can hurt the slave cylinder, so worth cleaning every so often.
Mine is 2yr old and 8000 miles, so will be checking soon.
Thanks! I try to do mine every 4-5000 miles, it's crazy how much chain lube builds up in that amount of time. WD40 cleans it pretty quick.
thanks for sharing your videos cheers.
Did you notice any additional noise after this sprocket replacement?
Great video (as always).
Companies tend to do whatever they can to keep production costs down. That being said, it would seem that Suzuki deemed it necessary to use a more expensive front sprocket which is made with a (elastomer ?) damper (for noise abatement?) and your replacement sprocket does not.
My dad (who was a REALLY smart guy with a lot of mechanical experience) used to say "There are no extra parts. If it wasn't needed, they wouldn't include it."
So, does everything feel and sound the same (or better) than it did before the change?
I'm looking to do this same job on my 2004 DL 1000 so I hope you can reply before I hunt down this sprocket. Maybe I don't need the damper, I don't know, but after this job, I think you do. Hope to hear from you.
As always, thanks for sharing! You save me a lot of pain, anguish and money!
Hi John, the one with the damper is definitely quieter. I believe JT sprockets makes one now that has it. Sprocket Center has it for $22
Great video, thank You!!!
I have a 2018 VStrom 1000XT and assume it's the same as this? It looks the same anyway. Excellent how to video and thanks for posting it up.
Yes it will be the same.
Thanks for the quick response.
Thanks!!
Hi! Do you put thread locker on all your bolts? I always use blue- medium strength threadlocker to ensure that none of these bolts vibrate out during my rides. Thanks for the great info!
I do use some threadlocker on select bolts, but for the clutch slave cylinder and the countershaft sprocket cover, I do not.
What is the process for replacing the fluid line with a longer one? I can't fit any amount of risers because cables are too short on my '19 1000xt
I'm not sure what they are doing for the 2019 brake lines, best bet is to go on stromtrooper fourm and ask. I ended up just rerouting my brake lines and cables on my 15.
Is there a video showing removal and installation of the clutch pushrod seal? I'm wondering how hard that will be, as mine was damaged.
I haven't seen any videos, nor have I had to replace one yet, but they do eventually wear out.
Chain snap?
Hi great tutorial. However, I just disassembled my slave for persistent fluid leak and found the dirt seal completely missing along with the bolt spacer you showed. Do you know what this spacer is called and/or where I might find a replacement?
You'll have to get the spacer from Suzuki SPACER, CLUTCH RELEASE Part # 23171-06G00 , not sure if there's any aftermarket seals out there or not. If that spacer is missing that would make that seal leak, because it will make it cockeyed. hopefully it didn't mess up the threads on the engine case.
@@VStromGarage, thank you very much. By threads in the engine case do you mean the threads that the bolts for the slave cyl. and the cover go in to?
@@dawa8746 yes
Hello, good video.
Can I use this also for the TL1000R ? My clutch fluid is increasing every month...have to fill it each time....
So there must be a leak but I can't sea any oil so far.
I haven't worked on the TL, but being the same motor it may work.
V-Strom Garage did you say do take the push rod out to clean or dont?
do take it out
@@VStromGarage After seeing your video I cleaned under the chain cover today. It was nasty! I think this was the first time in 70k km. The previous owner did not clean it, I guess. i also removed the push rod and it started to drain motor oil where the rod was. Is this normal? I immediately put it back in and desided to ignore it for now. May be only a small amount of oil is normal? When the push rod was back in, no more oil came out. Thank you for the detailed video!
ya, those seals can leak over time, and yes the procedure should work for that bike.
When I did this on the top bolt of the slave, the entire cylinder that the screw screws into came out with it and now I can’t get the slave cylinder to tighten back down not sure if when removing I broke a weld or what...
The cylinder, aka. the spacer is suppose to come out, check the threads behind it on the engine case, make sure there's no gunk in it. Also check the threads on the bolt, may have to run a tap and die and clean them up.
V-Strom Garage okay, thanks for the fast reply! Will update you.
Hi, I bought the engine of V Strom 1000 but it came without the clutch slave cylinder and the sprocket cover any leads on where I could get one?
Other than ebay or suzuki, not sure where else to look.
Same here, i cant find any info on why and what it does?
I changed mine exactly like you did for some reason the clutch is slipping really bad
usually when that happens it's either the push rod isn't straight, or you didn't release the clutch lever before you tightened the slave cylinder all the way. If it's the second one good chance the outer clutch plate needs to be put back in place. Open the oil fill cap and see if the outer clutch plate looks separated, if so, sometimes you can get a screwdriver and pop it back in place.
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Hey bro
I have 2014 dL 1000
I replaced my chain and sprockets
When I put it back together and I turned the bike on oil came pouring out on the floor
I didn’t do any thing with the clutch lever or the slave cylinder piston. So I’m guessing what I did wrong was not engage the clutch lever to prevent the slave cylinder piston from popping out (which it did and now noticed after your video) and it leaked brake fluid out?
Stressed!
That's a bummer, but not a big deal. Just push the piston in, reassemble, bleed the line and your ready to go.
V-Strom Garage
Awesome, thanks man
Just got another bottle of dot 4 and gonna button it all back up then bleed.
Hey bro so I put the piston in and held the clutch down then reassembled everything and it’s still leaking major amount of fluid. It’s not brake fluid from the hydraulic clutch, it seems like engine oil. What am I doing wrong
Not quite sure without looking at it, but is it leaking just sitting there, or just when it's running? If it's oil it could be a clutch pushrod seal
Only when I start it
Def not brake fluid.
You're a master dude and I'm a slave dude. Thanks!
I am baffled with the clutch lever, I know that the service manual says also to clamp the lever before removing the slave cylinder but why? Am I wrong to think that when lever is squeezed the piston comes out to push the rod and thus it shouldn't be squezzed, like the brakes? Does it work the opposite way, when lever is squeezed piston goes in...?
ya, it doesn't seem right, but I believe that it pushes the piston to the end of the travel and it keeps the pressure of the fluid from popping the piston out.
@@VStromGarage Hi. If it still wants to pop out. Is that air in the line that has been compressed?
@@spincrus79 I wouldn't think so.
Maybe I missed something but when you put it back together it appears you forgot to put in the spacer tube that you took out after it dropped when you pulled the cover off. Just an observation. Other than that great video man. Very straight forward and to the point. Thanks again
It went on at the 10:00min mark.
@@VStromGarage Yea, somehow I missed it cause that was my whole reasoning for watching the video. Thanks a lot man.
@@VStromGarage i recently pulled this off to install a 3d printed pushrod protector, had a hell of a time trying to put the space back.. thanks for this. will reopen it again to check how clean it is now