Time to remove the slave cylinder. Pop off the plastic guard over the lower left side of the transmission. No bolts or screws, just tabs in rubber grommets holding it on. Assuming the system is empty and the clutch line is already removed, there’s just 3 bolts holding it in place. The slave cyl will come off at that point followed by the spacer. Be careful not to drop the piston as you remove this. If it’s not damaged you can use it again. Mine looks pretty corroded, so I’ll be ordering a new one.
Here’s the slave cylinder and the piston right after coming off the bike. It could use some cleaning. Also the pushrod will still be sticking out of the transmission. The manual suggests using this to stear the piston back into the slave cylinder later. In any event, you don’t want to lose or damage it.
So now I’ve got all my dirty parts in a bucket. The piston has seen better days. A new one is around $15 so I think I’ll order one when I order all the rubber bits.
Here’s all my parts after I cleaned them. When the rubber bits come in next weekend I’ll be replacing those and reinstalling this on the bike.
