B.Money

hey guys, well I have been recently noticing a trend of my clutch petal being pretty stiff when I first start my car for about 2-3 min maybe of driving then becomes softer.

Is this something normal or is there anything I should take a peek at? thanks in advance guys

R3DS2K

might need a clutch fluid flush.. and bleed the air out..

nightcrawler7188

^^that, or you might need to sand down the ends of the rod in the slave cylinder and the shift fork cup and regrease them.

B.Money

yeah i guess there could possibly be a slight bit of air in the lines when i changed out the new master. so the master only has like....300 miles on it havent checked out the slave.

I bled it pretty good but I guess theres always a possibility, but why would the stiffness go away after a couple min of driving?

R3DS2K

did you bench bleed the cylinder before you installed it

B.Money

never heard about the bench bleed before this! very good information, should I take it back out and bench bleed it or just spend more time bleeding it normally?

R3DS2K

i would just take it out and bench bleed it.. .. once installed .. bleed it again

B.Money

alrighty sounds good. Thanks for the advice!

coldrsx

before you go to the hassle...it could be just cold. The fluid is brake fluid and like anything hydraulic it has a higher viscosity in colder temps.

sharkbite

maybe so but it would be the other way around. if u didnt bench bleed then that would be the first thing i looked at.