1200 GS Clutch

[Mike T]

My clutch takes hight. I have adjusted the screw on the clutch leaver and the system has been bled. Is there any other ajustment that can be made?
Mike T

[gdayjr]

Your clutch does what????

[Mike T]

There seems to be not enough play on the clutch leaver How can i get more play?
THanks

[marc]

The only adjustment is for setting the distance of the lever to the handgrip, the knob by the L in this image.



If your clutch is engaging too soon or too late I'd look at things like master cylinder fluid level, the condition of the slave cylinder, or the clutch itself. As the clutch wears the fluid level in the master cylinder raises. If it gets above the MAX level the clutch will not fully engage. Open the cap and take a look.

To open the cap I use this special tool:

[calles67]

I have a 2006 Adventure, when I engage the clutch it feels harder than it did before dues anyone know watts going on??

[schuppi]

Hi calles67,

I think, if there are enough miles on your odometer, the clutch disc will be used up.
Second reason will be, by using up the clutch, the hydraulic fluid level in the reservoir rised up. Maybe you can evacuate some fluid to get a bit more equalization room.

[pdxrmccgs]

Its kind of counter intuitive but often in hydraulic assist clutch systems,
hand grip (master cylinder) issues and problems are caused by the
slave cylinder mechanism loosing its mechanical ability to respond due to
the failure of its hydraulic seals. The failure is usually gradual. The
fix is a new slave cylinder mechanism which costs around 150 USD.

Here is a how to do it on a 1150:

R1150 GSA 2004 Clutch Slave Cylinder replacement- PICs - ADVrider