bleeding the clutch

[Schniddy]

heh I remember that.
I was such a nub.
and I still am.

[Scott314]

Gravity bleeding the clutch in general sucks ass, I perfer vacuum bleeding it, works great.

I tried vacuum bleeding mine when I put a new slave cylinder in, and it didn't work at all. If you take an oil can, hose clamp a tube to it and put it over the nipple on the slave cylinder, you can bleed it in reverse sort of.

[fporro]

just the other morning my clutch pedal went to the floor and did not comeback. All was fine the night before, uhm ???

So, pulled the Bentley and did a little on-line research too.
It all pointed to a bad Slave Cylinder, even the traces of fluid lead me to it.

Before I confuse you guys, there seems to be an issue wih bleeding nipple oem position, you see, it points down when Cylinder is mounted to trani, so it must be prebleed. All you have to do it's turn it around so nipple points upwards, push on the rod a few times and bleed it.

There's also lots of talk about vacuum bleed, pressure bleed, gravity bleed, bench bleed, etc. In my case just elbow grease bleed.., oh ya, do not scratch your head too much after following all fore mentioned methods and still having the pedal go the floor.

- I pushed rod 5 times per cycle, 5 cyles in all.
- let it fully expand
- preload it just a bit before you open bleed screw
- open bleed screw and push rod with a firm yet slow stroke at the same time.
- close bleed screw before you run out of rod.
- repeat above steps at least 4 times.
- re-install Slave Cylinder to Transmission.


- AFTER YOU'RE ALL DONE DO NOT ASK SOMEONE TO PUMP THE PEDAL AND THEN OPEN THE BLEED SCREW, 'CUS ALL YOU GET IT"S A CRAZY VACUM SOUND AND YOU"LL BE BACK TO STEP 1. !!!


Tools were ...
- 13mm socket with extra long extension for 2 mounting nuts.
- 11mm Hydraulic line wrench and a plain 14mm to hold other side.
- 7mm for bleeder screw.
- 1ft worth of hose and a empty plastic bottle.
- piece of cloth or something to catch some brake fluid with eye rolling smiley
- 2 beers Burp

first things first, pull clutch pedal back up, under I went, beers and all...
- dismounted cylinder from trani. (2 x 13mm)
- have new unit near you as well as rag.
- disconnect hose, either from upper connector or from cylinder it self
- re-attach hose to new unit but do not mount Cylinder to trani !
- open brake fluid reservoir.
- push back on Cylinder rod a few times and follow above steps.

cheerios spinning smiley sticking its tongue out


Tomorrow it's center bearing day.
the mechanic will earn his money 'cus ah ain't doing it hot smiley

edited a few times and will probably edit it a few more, oh gramma where are you ?
ah said grammar not Grand Ma' darn it !