thanks much folks i am going to take a crack at the bleeding tonight! good advice on checking the "small stuff" and making sure of the proper diagnoses.
iam gona like this forum and will like to contribute when i get a bit more knowlege/experence... off i go

While it is good to bleed the clutch....and I need to change out the fluid on mine as we speak...
None of the things yall have gotten excited about dealing with are able to make a screatch...
Only what I said was wrong way up in the thread...
so don't get too excited about bleeding the clutch fixing your problem...

leathermag... what he said.

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