I have an Evolzione clutch slave in my 2004 Ducati ST4s. A month ago, I lost all clutch action when the bearing around the clutch control rod failed and broke to pieces. That allowed the clutch piston to travel too far, and lost all hydraulic fluid. The broken pieces spinning about must have damaged the slave interior because a new bearing wouldn't fit where the old one did.
So I got a new clutch slave and I noticed that the same issues I had before the last slave failed (difficult to get into neutral, clutch not engaging fully) started happening again after a few weeks.
I opened up the slave today, and the new bearing is broken, and about to fail just like the last. The bearings cost like nothing, and I can replace them till the cows come home but that isn't fixing the problem. Could the clutch control rod be warped and is beating the bearing to death? I didn't grease the bearing; could that have caused the problem? (I hope so!)
Pix of the bearing in the slave included. Thanks in advance!
So I got a new clutch slave and I noticed that the same issues I had before the last slave failed (difficult to get into neutral, clutch not engaging fully) started happening again after a few weeks.
I opened up the slave today, and the new bearing is broken, and about to fail just like the last. The bearings cost like nothing, and I can replace them till the cows come home but that isn't fixing the problem. Could the clutch control rod be warped and is beating the bearing to death? I didn't grease the bearing; could that have caused the problem? (I hope so!)
Pix of the bearing in the slave included. Thanks in advance!
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