KTM 990/950 Adv thread

[marks]

The KLR boys are going to love this post - baby oil, slaves, nipples, working the lever, bores, etc!!!

it kind of fits with the fact that most of you owned dr650's at some point (baby oil being a necessary extra when dr650 riders share a cabin)

[NordieBoy]

it kind of fits with the fact that most of you owned dr650's at some point (baby oil being a necessary extra when dr650 riders share a cabin)

Babyoil or Babycham?

[warewolf]

it appears to be a fairly reliable looking cable,

Cable? Reliable? Mwahahhahahahahaha like hell.

[junkmanjoe]

have ordered some special ktm clutch oil....$8 per bottle.
be here tomorrow..

[Monstaman]

Cable? Reliable? Mwahahhahahahahaha like hell.

... man you blown my cover

Love hydraulics ... just more reliable than JMJ's at present.

Although I broke my Maguara (sp) master cyl on my old KTM400EXC and was shocked at how spendie it was to get another one, my levers with the notched out sacrificial weak zone survived unscathed

[junkmanjoe]

okies..poped down to lins autos today, and brought 2 new O rings, the smaller one on the slide and the bigger one.
total cost.$1.40c

have cleaned everything up and waiting for the oil to arrive..

[Fluffy Cat]

Use leftover fork oil...

Que? Not only is that news to me, it contradicts everything I've read about them! Why do you think it goes off?

Advice on KTM forums says the opposite. Brake fluid is hygroscopic so needs to be changed every year, more often when racing. The accepted wisdom for hydraulic oil clutches like Magura's is don't touch the buggers unless you have problems. The clutch simply isn't under the kind of stresses brake fluid is: no wicked heat, bugger-all pressure, the fluid doesn't readily absorb water, the slave piston seals aren't exposed to so much forced-in dirt/mud/grime.

My personal experience reflects that; I can tell when brake fluid deteriorates, but never had a problem with Magura clutches and never changed the fluid. (Except when I had a mechanical failure - hose unscrewed from the master cylinder.)

The KTM specified service interval for the Magura hydraulic clutch fluid is... none.

[Edit: Ah, I think I see the problem. Ding! (Where's the lightbulb smilie?) Newer mtb BRAKE systems are using mineral oil instead of proper brake fluid... yeah, I can see it being way inferior in that application. But mtb's don't have clutches, right?]

Mahhn cant I edit for shit.
You is right but the reservoir is tiny and the fluid goes black and shity very quickly least it did on my 990. I have a litre can of Shimano mineral oil in the garage and need to use it up as all my MTB's now use DOT type oils. But it does seem to help.
You is the clutch on an MTB so i cover myself in fresh mineral oil before I ride, it seems to work.

[Woodman]

The clutch is that lever on the left aye?? you know, the one that you let go when you take off and pull in when you stop, but otherwise iust sits there like a useless appendage??

[NordieBoy]

The clutch is that lever on the left aye?? you know, the one that you let go when you take off and pull in when you stop, but otherwise iust sits there like a useless appendage??

That's right, you're one of "them"...

[warewolf]

You is right but the reservoir is tiny and the fluid goes black and shity very quickly least it did on my 990.

Seemed fine on my 200, the stuff that leaked looked & felt good, as did all the stuff purged by the bleed. Master cylinder nice & clean. It had been there for years and raced.

The clutch is that lever on the left aye?? you know, the one that you let go when you take off and pull in when you stop, but otherwise iust sits there like a useless appendage??

You don't ride a smallbore two-stroke, I can tell.

[zeRax]

before having my 125 2stroke, i had never used a clutch so much, @_@, jeepers creepers, has made me use the clutch on the dr on up changes!, which probably isnt a bad thing, but probably waste of effort,, should we have this discussion, guess not !

[junkmanjoe]

ive sent an email to the guy to find out about theses quarter panel tanks..

JMJ

got a reply from South Africa about the quarter panel tanks.
price for the tanks.
5.9086 rand = $1 NZ Dollar
10800. rand = $1827.84 NZ Dollars

and price for freight.
5.9086 rand = $1 NZ Dollar
3458.2 rand = $585.28 NZ Dollars

so there not cheap..
guess i better look in to a fuel carry system.. i got a bit of spare time on my hands..


one day maybe.



Any way my clutch is still not working so bikes off to the shop...Bugger..
JMJ

[Crisis management]

Any way my clutch is still not working so bikes off to the shop...Bugger..
JMJ

Joe, the clutch is only held on with two capscrews, maybe you can save some cash by having a look at it yourself or by replacing it with an aftermarket slave cylinder, it's a very straight forward job to replace it.

[junkmanjoe]

who or where would i start to look for a new cylinder.
i read up about a changing it over, seams like the thing to do.

JMJ

[Crisis management]

Stock slave cylinders are in stock with KTM NZ, $ 305.10 ex Triple X Moto in Auckland (09) 265 2135.
The aftermarket ones recommended by the OC hall of wisdom are from Evoluzione cyclesports for US$180 plus shipping. I suggest you look through the clutch repairs on the OC Hall of wisdom to check there is nothing else you need to know first (did you try the o ring replacement as Ryan suggested?).




Sorry, I haven't mastered the basics of linking the url....tonight I must conquer this!