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Shaft still drilling in the master cylinder!!

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so using a steel bolt seemed to stop the drilling of the clutch shaft in the Master Cylinder however I just started having clutch problems again and it turned to be the shaft is getting shorter now!!! I extended the end of the shaft with a 50 mm custom made screw to fit and lubed it well. However it's getting close to the very end!! and it's scaring the heck out of me! It's really not fun to start a Vtwin with no clutch and make only right turns around to avoid cops and the red lights! lol .. This has been happening since I changed my clutch my shaft has been rotating and it has drilled out about 1cm of Aluminum inside the master cylinder and the Shaft since two months. What do you guys think I did wrong when I installed the new clutch?

BTW am I refering it right when I say Master Cylinder? I mean the Cylinder with a Piston which pushes the clutch shaft to engage the clutch! Correct me if I'm wrong thanks
 
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Hi Superyellow,

So are you saying that the slave cylinder piston is being damaged/drilled by the actuating rod?

If that's the case then you need to stop riding it now until we can figure out why it's happening.

If this is the case then I reckon it may be your clutch shaft support bearings that have failed.

No7 in the drawing (See attached)

This will allow the actuating rod to spin up and cause the drilling action on the slave cylinder piston face, along with damaging/shortening the actuating rod.
 

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Number 8 in the image.
 
think amb may be spot on on this.

Often the symptoms when the bearing go is no clutch after a high speed straight etc as the pushrod vibrates madly and pushes the piston right back in the housing.

Unless you have an Evo slave ? they are known to do that cos their cack. :devious
 
bearing #8 could cause that, would making the the bolt #16 too tight cause this also? it obviously not catching up with the RPMs of the Clutch plates if it did it would drill away too faster i believe...
 
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