Bleeding help ASAP!
08-13-2007, 03:12 PM
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Bleeding help ASAP! Hey guys, I'm in the middle of a clutch install on my buddies 02 WS6. Just wondering if by bleeding the clutch this way was okay.
I'm worried that the fluid will just fall directly into the bellhousing and onto the clutch etc. Help me out please, thanks!
We accomplished this by the following procedure. Fill the reservoir to full. Underneath the car you will need a 1/4" drive 7/16" socket and a small 1/4" drive breaker to open up the bleeder valve for a few seconds. The bleeder valve is located about 2.5 inches or so above the quick connect fitting; you won't be able to see it with your eyes just feel for it. Connect the quick connect fitting (steel braided line) back into it's receptacle. Check the reservoir again and top off if needed. Hold the clutch pedal to the floor and open the bleeder valve until the fluid flow slows way down. Release the clutch pedal and check the reservoir level. Top it off as needed. Press the clutch pedal again to the floor and hold it while opening the bleeder valve. Repeat this process until you get the normal feel back in the clutch pedal. We ended up just pumping my clutch pedal 30 or so times over and over until the feel came back to the pedal. Obviously, you will need a friend under the car operating the bleeder valve while the clutch pedal is be held on the floor.
08-13-2007, 11:19 PM
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No, the fluid coming out of the slave will not get on your clutch disc...it will how ever get all over you, lol and your painted garage (if yours is) and pill the paint up.
08-14-2007, 01:35 AM
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the mityvac works great.
Also I drilled a hole in my floorboard to access the bleeder. Now one person can bleed the car from inside the car. without the car jacked up
Also I drilled a hole in my floorboard to access the bleeder. Now one person can bleed the car from inside the car. without the car jacked up
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08-14-2007, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by RE AND CHERYL
Look at THIS thread. I built this tool to avoid just that. Because the center of the socket is stillopen the fluid dosen't back up into the belhousing.
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08-14-2007, 11:33 AM
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i just bled mine yesterday. I drilled a hole in the florbleeder valve and inside the bellhousing, floor board...which made it real easy to do on my own. and I took a can of brake clean and sprayed the hell outta the bell housing.