Clutch hose fitting at slave cylinder line question???

[Tyboy11]

Hello All,

I've been silent since 2018 when I broke my middle gear in the transmission. With a lot of help from Sean I replaced the middle gears and other gears in the transmission with a newer set of undercut gears. After 5+ years along with moving, work, life etc. I finally stabbed the engine and am in the process of getting this 1985 back on the road.

I'm having issues at the connection where the clutch hose connects to the slave cylinder line. It looks as if there is a packing or something that goes in there, but I'm unable to find anything on it. When tight, it leaks and has slight movement forward and aft, so I know it's not sealing, along with the fluid coming out there to reinforce that theory, LOL. What am I missing here?? The two connections don't look like they should form a seal, but I'm not getting it. Here are pics below. Can someone shed some light on this?? I believe this is an aftermarket hose, which I can't remember when/where I got it from, so that may be part of the issue.

 

[Pighuntingpuppy]

The metal line on the bike looks to be an inverted flare. Your stainless line is a bubble flare. As far as I know, there is no "packing". This just says to me that the stainless line is wrong.

The other thing you could do is replace the metal line on the bike with one that has a bubble flare.

 

[Tyboy11]

Well,

I think I may have found my issue. After more looking, it seems it was a Galfer hose kit which came with the little piece pictured below. It was buried in with other miscellaneous springs and clutch parts from the clutch slave cylinder rebuild. I'm sorry my first post after so long was a dud question answered by myself, LOL. If this is the case, I'll come back and delete this thread, if I'm able. I don't even remember barely how to post on here.

 

[Fire-medic]

For those of us who may (or may-not) repeat your 'discovery,' please do not remove the thread. You may help people down the road who find themselves in the same situation.

As soon as I saw your initial post, I thought, "hmmm, different flare styles." Congratulations on solving your own problem, and coming back to post about it.

 

[Tyboy11]

Gents,

I will definitely leave it in there. Like mentioned before, this thing has been apart for 5 years and I'm just now getting it back together. I'm having to relearn the bike all over again. Lots of new parts, lots of labor on my end. I plan on doing a good post on this thing once I get it back running. I really missed this thing. I also really missed all the good people on this forum. Alot of good knowledge and help here!

Thanks,

 

[Radioguylogs]

Before I even got to Firemedic's post, I was already thinking the same thing: Keep the thread in case it helps someone else in the future.

Thanks and good luck from here on out!

 

[Fire-medic]

Be sure to do a decent write-up & w/pics on what you encounter along the way, 5 years is a big gap. I cannot say that I'm innocent of that though. Today I went to a storage locker and stared at some carburetors I'd begun to work-upon, but somehow life got in the way and here they are sitting in a kraft paper bag on a shelf, next to Rubbermaid containers of other VMax stuff.

Pictures also help to tell a tale, like someone substituting another non-OEM screw into the throttle mechanism, or coil-binding the OEM screws, bolloxed air bleed screws, missing rubber O-rings, float jets 'floating' loose inside the jet block because they were not installed/torqued properly; everyone's favorite, blocked pilot jets; a clutch metal hose to the slave cylinder being twisted out-of-shape trying to 'make it fit' by brute force instead of taking the time to see that it was properly routed (see the Appendix and the clutch section), and the small hole in the brakes and clutch reservoirs being plugged by some random piece of crap, and DOT 3,4, or 5.1 so-dark, you could use it in a fountain pen, instead of being transparent as it's supposed to be.

These are all things I've encountered along the way, working on VMaxes, and I'm sure that many of you can nod your heads in agreement, "yes, I've encountered that!" People like Damon, Sean, captainkyle, Paul Civitello (MadMax Enterprises), traumahawk, malenko, and many others who have had their hands in the guts of many bikes, locating and identifying the mistakes of former owners, and fixing them.

 

[Tyboy11]

Lol. Wilco!

 

[Aquamax]

Ummm yeah, been there before.
In my case, that little fitting was rolling around in the new hose packaging I almost threw into the garbage! Soo glad I looked there before tossing the plastic packaging as I was chasing the leak.
The bike was a custom Royal Star I was building in 2008...this bike.