help bleeding clutch...
help bleeding clutch... I took my engine out to put new gaskets and main seals on my ls1, while there I decided to put a new clutch. The mechanic decided to disconnect the hoses that feed the master and slave cylinder. Everything is installed and ready the HUGE problem is that we have been trying to bleed the clutch like for three hours and gears just wont go in, should I keep bleeding it till it gets the gears or is there another way I should be doing this? Im bleeding it the traditional way.one guy pushing the pedal and another one opening the bleeder..
thanks in advance, any help is appreciated
thanks in advance, any help is appreciated
Jack the front of the car up higher than the back.
Fill the fluid. Open the bleeder half turn.
Wait til fluid comes out by gravity.
Close the bleeder.
push the pedal down half way a few times. Open the bleeder again and let fluid come out on it's own.
Close the bleeder and you should be good to go, although it seems I'm the only one who can get away doing it like this.
Hopefully no one floored the clutch pedal yet, but thats usually the case.
Fill the fluid. Open the bleeder half turn.
Wait til fluid comes out by gravity.
Close the bleeder.
push the pedal down half way a few times. Open the bleeder again and let fluid come out on it's own.
Close the bleeder and you should be good to go, although it seems I'm the only one who can get away doing it like this.
Hopefully no one floored the clutch pedal yet, but thats usually the case.
i just put in a new clutch and had all kinds of problems trying to bleed the slave cylinder! first off, you know you have to have the cap on with the diaphram out when bleeding. after bleeding it for about 45 minutes we decided to blow compressed air from a blow gun into the tiny hole on top of the resovoir cap. as soon as we did that it started working. try it!
+1 for the Might Vac. It has worked great for me several times. Here is a link I found on how to do it
http://www.performanceworks1.com/ls1...h_bleeding.htm
http://www.performanceworks1.com/ls1...h_bleeding.htm
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I have a motive power bleeder that I have used to do brakes for yrs and this last saturday I flushed the clutch out fast. I cut a hole in the trans tunnel to access the bleeder nut. Now I can bleed and flush the clutch out in probable 10 mins.
+1 for the Might Vac. It has worked great for me several times. Here is a link I found on how to do it
http://www.performanceworks1.com/ls1...h_bleeding.htm
http://www.performanceworks1.com/ls1...h_bleeding.htm
Thanks for the link and thanks to whoever came up with this method.
