Hagen Transmission

[iron pig]

What would be the procedure to bleeding the clutch pistons on my Hagen trans. It is in my ridgerunner asv.

[riotwarrior]

Hi, I've kinda gotten to know a bit about these transmissions over last few years so perhaps I can assist.

First ensure your bleeder nipples are clear cause if they are full of gunk it could be bad. Carefully remove and clean then re-install, add a bit of thick grease to the threads too, as we are not dealing with brakes but hydraulics.

It would be the same as bleeding a brake system pressurize then open bleeder then close then release control, repeat as required until no more air comes out, then move on to the next one. That's what I've done.

Another method I've used is a vacuum tool on the bleeder nipple. You have to make sure that no air can get in when using a vacuum so that's the reason for the aforementioned grease on threads. Just install vacuum bleeder onto nipple make sure your reservoir is full and draw fluid through the system.

Either method has been proven to work so far for me on my machine...NOT a ridge runner BTW.

Hope this helps.

BTW...pics would be fantastic!!!!

[iron pig]

Hi riotwarrior, Thank you for the advice. I got the reverse to bleed out but I cant get the forward pistons to pump up. Do you have any advice? I posted some pictures on the site.