Clutch fluid replacement

[taosports]

I'm in the process of replacing the clutch fluid on my 04 R. I'm hoping to use a Mity-Vac for the procedure. Instructions from my manuals call for purchasing a bleed nipple from the dealer which is attached to the clutch fluid reservoir after removing what they call the "grub screw". I'm assuming it is what I have marked in photo below. If so, my question is what do I hold when I loosen the grub screw? A or B? I'm guessing I hold B while I break open the grub screw, and that is where I attach the bleed nipple. Then I attach the mity-vac to the bleed nipple and open the flow by turning A & B in opposite directions. Is this correct or do I have it all wrong?

Many thanks for your help!

http://www.michaelmaloneyphotography.com/bmw/clutch.jpg

[jamais]

You'll hold "B" to remove the grub screw. Then you will screw in a brake bleed nipple. You will loosen the nipple, draining the fluid with your mity vac. After you've replace the old fluid with new fluid, you will then unscrew the bleed nipple and replace the grub screw.

If you don't want to use a mity vac you could get an assistant to pump the clutch lever as you open and close the bleed nipple.

[Promethean]

Or....use the SpeedBleeder?



If you don't want to use a mity vac you could get an assistant to pump the clutch lever as you open and close the bleed nipple.

[jamais]

I believe if you use a speed bleeder, you will hold "A" and remove "B". Also, you might have to file down the speed bleeder tip to match the length of the BMW brake nipple "tool" that is used to bleed the clutch system.