bleeding the clutch

[medieval]

I purchased a 2003 R1150RS as a project. I am almost done with repairs :dance and such, but would like a little feedback on bleeding the clutch hydraulic system. I replaced the hose to the slave cylinder and now am ready to proceed to bleed. The bike has an overflow hose (thank god) that allows you to bleed the system without having to reach into the slave cylinder. The overflow has a setscrew in the end that sits in a cylinder; the cylinder looks as though it is screwed onto the hose. how do I proceed :dunno . Do I need a fitting to screw in place of the setscrew? Do I remove the setscrew and tighten/loosen the cylinder while pumping the clutch lever :confused: . Any insight would be appreciated.
I am ready to ride this beautiful machine and this is the only thing :twirl
(hopefully)that is between me and the road. :thumb

[philbytx]

This is similar to my R1150RT....Oh...and do you have the manual?
There is a hex grubscrew inside the bleed cylinder that can be in REAL tight (DAMHIK!) as I ended up replacing the whole unit as I rounded it out and couldn't get it out :sick
Anyway, I had previously bought a Speedbleeder and after I put the new unit on, simply screwed in the SB and then went through the bleeding process. It's pretty easy to do with the SB and you then just put the grubscrew back in. One tip....when you are bleeding, cover the master cylinder with a clean paper towel to stop it squirting out!

[jdiaz]

If you heat the end of the bleed fitting with a heat gun, you might have an easier time getting it out. The Loctite they use on that joint is nasty.

And Philby, what are you guys still doing in Wheaton? I thought you were long gone......

[BubbaZanetti]

i didn't have much luck with a bleeder screw, i just remove the grub screw, push down on the recess (its spring loaded) with a small allen wrench, pump, put the grub screw back on and release. it sounds complicated, but it really isn't, for some reason i couldn't get much fluid flow with the bleeder installed

[PETDOC]

I've got '04 GS and replaced the OEM setup with Speedbleeder--much easier. I'll second Jon's comment the OEM part is really hard to get off and I eventually had to use heat gun to get it to start turning.