Clutch woes - clutch change - feels like garbage
12-05-2012, 06:05 AM
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Chase is going to send me a new banjo bolt. But I'm not all that confident it will be the right one!
Now that I've had the line disconnected so long, how do I go about bleeding it?
-Towels
Now that I've had the line disconnected so long, how do I go about bleeding it?
-Towels
12-05-2012, 07:36 AM
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I hate it when a simple job turns out like this. Anyway I just gravity bled mine and that seems to be the way everyone else does. Worked great for me and i feel like gravity pleading helps gets any old dirt out, although you have a new line so no worries of that.
12-05-2012, 07:45 AM
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same as normal. it will just take longer to get all the air out.
fill up with fluid
jack up car
remove slave from transmission
tilt it so bleeder is pointing straight up
place a clear hose over it and feed the end into a bottle
crack open the bleeder and let gravity do the work
make sure the resivoir does not run dry
no need to pump the pedal
do this with the cap off
fill up with fluid
jack up car
remove slave from transmission
tilt it so bleeder is pointing straight up
place a clear hose over it and feed the end into a bottle
crack open the bleeder and let gravity do the work
make sure the resivoir does not run dry
no need to pump the pedal
do this with the cap off
12-05-2012, 07:46 AM
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^ Will do, thank you guys. The banjo should be here in two days, hopefully it will work.
It's kinda funny, I had this issue, so I decided while the car is down might as well do a tranny fluid swap, oil change, rotors and pads all around. I ordered all that stuff after I ordered the cylinder and completed everything before I could get the original problem solved!
-Towels
It's kinda funny, I had this issue, so I decided while the car is down might as well do a tranny fluid swap, oil change, rotors and pads all around. I ordered all that stuff after I ordered the cylinder and completed everything before I could get the original problem solved!
-Towels
12-09-2012, 05:57 PM
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Got the air bubbles to stop when bleeding it, so I tightened everything up and reinstalled the slave master cylinder (I polished off the nipple, too). Did a look for leaks, didn't see anything.
I think the car might be fine, I haven't tried turning it on yet... we shall see this afternoon. Fingers crosses.
-Greg
I think the car might be fine, I haven't tried turning it on yet... we shall see this afternoon. Fingers crosses.
-Greg
12-10-2012, 06:47 PM
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Held my breath as I turned it on, but car feels 100% back to normal now.
Hoping with the tranny fluid it will be 110%!
So I can say to anyone else in the future, my problem was 100% solved by replacing the clutch master cylinder.
I also sanded off and polished the nipple on the slave master while I was at it.
New fluid looks gooooood too.
-Greg
Hoping with the tranny fluid it will be 110%!
So I can say to anyone else in the future, my problem was 100% solved by replacing the clutch master cylinder.
I also sanded off and polished the nipple on the slave master while I was at it.
New fluid looks gooooood too.
-Greg
