Tiger Explorer 1200 Clutch Slave Issue

Steve Kibbey · Sep 1, 2020

Hi, Can anyone advise me on getting hold of a clutch slave kit for my explorer? Seal went Sunday but apparently I cannot get a replacement and need to replace the whole thing, which is on back order! Had the bike a couple of weeks now and so far i have had the fork seals go and now the clutch slave. Is this common for a bike that has been stood a while??? TIA

Callumity · Sep 1, 2020

Slave? Do you mean the caliper or master attached to the pedal?

Steve Kibbey · Sep 1, 2020

Hi not sure if I lost you in translation but in the uk on a bike the part that operates the clutch is called the slave cylinder. It sits behind the cover plate on the rhs of the bike and acts directly on the clutch.

crispey · Sep 1, 2020

@Steve Kibbey have you asked on the tiger 1200 forum?
Bad luck yo have those go.
There’s loads on eBay and just as a heads up if you haven’t already seen it have a look here

Callumity · Sep 2, 2020

Doh! (As a well known American might say) Read ‘clutch’ thought ‘brake’. Getting senile!

Your best bet looks to be disassembly because the seal itself will be a generic $5 part if you can but identify internal/external diameters and width. The whole assembly is about $100 if you can but find them. Seals hate drying out and harden and crack. A weekly pump is enough.

Those concentric actuators are a complete PITA in car gearboxes buried in the bell housing. Give me an external lever every time.