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Old 04-20-2007, 01:59 PM
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Anyone try this method? It looks super easy, I bought one at Vatozone today and i'm gonna bleed mine this way.


http://performanceworks1.com/ls1_clutch_bleeding.htm
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That seems to be a easier procedure but if you read the sticky at the top of this page, there are many people that do not recommend power bleeders, including T56rebuilds.com. I am going to have to bleed mine in a few days when i put the new master cyclinder in and i think i am just going to do it the old school way.
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It should be okay, it only needs a small amount of vaccum to get the airbubbles out. Its about the same as sucking the air out through the slave cylinder. I spent over 2 hours yesterday trying to let gravity bleeding do its job, I was doint it wrong though according to this website, I hear different methods from everyone though.
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I used one without any problems. Took me all of 10 minutes to bleed my clutch by myself. The problems usually start when people pump the pressure up to high. It can mess up the seals when you do this.

Follow the sticky to a "T" & you should be perfectly fine.
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Originally Posted by BIG_MIKE2005
I used one without any problems. Took me all of 10 minutes to bleed my clutch by myself. The problems usually start when people pump the pressure up to high. It can mess up the seals when you do this.

Follow the sticky to a "T" & you should be perfectly fine.
Did you have somebody push the clutch up and down pedal while you had the vacum gun looking for bubbles?
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if you set it just right ( the mity vac), you can sit on door sill and pump the clutch by hand and look thru windshield/ under hood and see the bubbles coming thru the hose
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just be sure to not exceed the 12hg. You can run the risk of reversing the one way seal in your master cylinder.
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I used it and got the clutch bled in 15 minutes! This tool is the best thing for bleeding anything. 10/10
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Good to hear.

Sorry for the late response. Yea, I did it like stated above. Just sit it to where I could see it & started pumpin the clutch.



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