Anderson0741

Can you bleed the clutch on a 2002 Trans Am LS by taking off the lid and just pumping the cluch?

SNLPerformance

iTrader: (15)

No, that might allow some air bubbles to escape in the line from gravity, but you need to crack the bleeder valve at the slave to ensure you get all air out if you do not have a remote bleeder.

Anderson0741

How do you get a socket around it? mine wont let me get close.

ls1tafirehawk

You could do it by cutting a 2 in hole across from your gas pedal on the floorboard. That's how I did mine. Some people say u hear more noise that's not true long as u put the foam and stuff back u want even know the difference

Anderson0741

Okay I think ill do that

ls1tafirehawk

Be sure to not push to hard cause u have the wire underneath the car. See if u can get a pic to see it. I don't know how to post pic.

Anderson0741

I know if you have them on photobucket you can just take the code it gives you and copy then paste it here.

Thanks for the help.

Midnite Magic

Forget cutting holes in your car. Never had any trouble with an 11mm socket

Anderson0741

I can't get the socket to stay around it.

smokeum99ta

iTrader: (15)

I had to grind down the outside of my socket to get it to fit. Been like that on every single car i've worked on.

Anderson0741

Okay thanks I managed to get it to blows but it didn't make any difference at all. So I tried a mityvac, and it sucked lots of bubbles out. But it didn't make any difference at all. Is there another method to get the hydraulic clutch to work?

ls1tafirehawk

Did u upgrade the clutch are is it stock. Have u changed it n can't get the pedal to come up

Anderson0741

Only thing I did was I had the trans rebuilt

ls1tafirehawk

O ok so your using the old clutch that was in it

Anderson0741

Yeah everything else is stock, I even took it to a mechanic and he cant figure out why it wont bleed.

Fry_

u could try this
http://performanceworks1.com/ls1_clutch_bleeding.htm