1st Gen. Clutch Slave Cylinder.

I'm not much of a wrench..

On the recommendation of those more experienced on this site I just bought a new one rather than rebuild.

Maybe I just got lucky...but it was easy out and easy in!

It almost fell out by itself, and putting it back it was a breeze.

Like I said...maybe I got lucky.

i agree with the 3 above me just buy new and be done its cheaper faster and ride sooner than later

i agree with the 3 above me just buy new and be done its cheaper faster and ride sooner than later

Where does one buy a new one? I am having a heck of a time --

check with member skydoc_17 in the vendor section i believe he has them but you wont get hold of him till sunday or monday as he is at MD day in OH at freebirds this weekend

Where does one buy a new one? I am having a heck of a time --

Sould be able to get one at any Yamaha dealer. Or... Rick at Buckeye Sports...

last one i got for the rstd they had to order and it took 2 weeks but that was my experience not all are the same you might get lucky

ok the good news is after a good cleaning I have a clutch the bad news is I still can't get the damn thing to idle for ---- BLEEP --- who is the resident Carb expert?

Pressure on a Lip seal or "u" shaped seal will go against the open part of the profile.

 

This is so the pressure forces the sides of the seal into the cylinder wall.

 

See if attached picture helps.

 

Gary

This is my first post so hopefully it works. I have rebuilt my slave piston for my 87 Venture 1300CC bike and I can't remember (head injury) which direction the u shaped seal goes back on the piston. I noticed in this thread there are a few comments to images attached but I don't see them. When I click on the user they have lots of images under their profile name. Am I missing something?

Thanks

This is my first post so hopefully it works. I have rebuilt my slave piston for my 87 Venture 1300CC bike and I can't remember (head injury) which direction the u shaped seal goes back on the piston. I noticed in this thread there are a few comments to images attached but I don't see them. When I click on the user they have lots of images under their profile name. Am I missing something?

Thanks

Due to a server malfunction a number of years ago, some of the pics got misplaced. @Freebird is our owner and with some luck, he'll find the pics from the above posts and bring them back. In the meantime, search the forum...you may find some other posts with pics of the seal. May have to define your search terms a few different times. Oh, on the bottom of each page are some related post suggestions. You never know what you may find following some of those link suggestions!

Thank you for your wisdom. There are a number of pictures from page 2 of this thread that have pictures from different users. Maybe I'll luck out and a user will upload their picture again as I didn't find any pictures of the piston rebuild other than this thread

There are two seals I can see. The inner seal I think goes over the lip toward the inside of the piston. It looks like it from this thread I found...

The outer seal is easy....

https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?116337-Clutch-Hydraulic-Rebuild-Tutorial

You may be better served just replacing the slave cylinder with a new one. They are not that expensive and they are the same for all Ventures 1st and 2nd gen. Many of us have rebuilt those slaves only to have them fail a short time later. It is a hit and miss situation, and honing the cylinder is absolutely essential and if you don't do a good job they end up leaking again...