I have a suggestion and curious if this might help (in some cases). It’s definitely worth a shot.
The theory behind this is that your clutch may not be completely disengaging due to air in the system.
The clutch and front brake have the same design for bleeding the master cylinders (only described in the manual for the front brake, btw).
Before heading out on a full day ride to VA yesterday I bled my front brakes, as they were getting a little soft. Even though I had bled the master cylinder on the clutch not long ago I decided to do it again, since I had an open container of brake fluid. I posted about doing this not long ago- If you’re having trouble getting into neutral and from there to first seems overly clunky (see link below).
Anyway, in just a short time my clutch fluid is, once again, dirty and there was some trapped air in the MC. Here’s a photo of the fluid.
The point of this ramble is that my shifts are noticeably smoother and just wondering if this juddering some of you have might not be reduced or eliminated by bleeding the MC and changing some of the fluid.
I’m pretty sure I haven’t had any juddering since the first time I did this. The procedure is super easy, however, Do Not suck out so much fluid as to introduce air into the system. If so, you’ll need to drop the radiator to bleed the clutch line. That’s a very time consuming ordeal.
I was having trouble getting into Neutral. I wondered if it was the change in motor oil brands, no, or if I had actually started wearing out the clutch at just under 30K miles. My suspicion, though, was that the hydraulic clutch fluid had somehow gained some air in the system and this actually...