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

[T]

I had one fail.  They sent me new seals, it's been fine since.

Tom

Antonio Nolasco wrote:
> 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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