[Ducati] clutch slave cylinder on '96 900SS and oil vent hose

[Antonio Nolasco]

It looks like Evoluzione slave cylinder never fails. At least I never heard 
of one which failed. Mine has 3 double lip seal gaskets. (no O-rings). I 
just added a back spring like original OEM Ducati and Yoyodine slave designs 
to preload clutch springs and reduce free play at the lever.
Aestetically I find it quite bulky but I get used to.
Best Regards/ Antonio
95' 900SS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <capo at carolina.rr.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] clutch slave cylinder on '96 900SS and oil vent hose


> Mario
>
>
> For the vent hose I would just go to an auto parts store and find one that 
> fits and cut it tto length.  I am not sure what modification would have to 
> be made for the later stock slave cylinders.  I would just take the other 
> billet cylinder and see how it fits now and see if you can see what he 
> did.  It may be you can keep it just depends on the modification.
>
> What I have done for years is just rebuild the stock ones every two years 
> whether they needed it or not.  I just pull them apart and replace the "O" 
> ring seal on the piston and the bellows that goes around the clutch rod. 
> I sometimes pull the rod and replace its "O" rings.  The other thing I 
> like to do is keep my chain very clean to keep the chain lube from getting 
> past the bellows and into the seal.
>
> Jim
> ---- Mario Baroz <mariobaroz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> A few years ago I installed a billet aftermarket clutch slave cylinder 
>> and it was working great until it too started leaking.  As I was talking 
>> about it to a mechanic at my local Ducati dealership, this was around 
>> 2005 or so, he convinced me that the then current stock Ducati slave 
>> cylinder was just as effective as the billet one when it came to reducing 
>> the lever effort.  Only problem is, he said, they would have to modify my 
>> case to accept the new slave cylinder.  I gave the ok to do it because at 
>> that point, I just wanted a bike that didnt' leak everywhere.  Now, I 
>> don't know if what he told me about the modifying part was true but I do 
>> know that the new stock cylinder wasn't a smidgen better than my old 
>> stock cylinder.
>>
>> So now I have a little extra money and am thinking of getting another 
>> billet slave cylinder.  Was I fed a line of bull or can the "one size 
>> fits all" slave cylinders I see everywhere still fit on my bike? What was 
>> he modification that the mechanic was talking about?
>>
>> I still have the other billet cylinder and Clayton told me that it could 
>> be rebuilt with some new seals but I'm hesitant to trust a rebuilt part 
>> that already let me down once.  What do you guys think?
>>
>> Also, my oil vent hose is starting to crack and I would like to replace 
>> it. Where can I get a dependable replacement?
>>
>> Thanks, Mario
>>
>> Mario Baroz
>> 1996 900SS/CR
>> 1960 Hodaka Ace 90
>> 1978 Honda CB400T
>> 1976 Honda CB550
>> 1981 Honda CM200T
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