I recently bought a new Kevlar metallic racing clutch and i installed it and once i pumped the clutch enough to build pressure and filled the brake resivior to make up for the fluid i lost when i took the transmission out i noticed the clutch still feels stock. i felt my friends racing clutch(same everything) and his felt way different. i was wondering if maybe i had an air bubble in the line? the clutch does have about an inch of play before it is hard. i have driven it about 200 miles and it feels fine but not like a racing clutch. any feed back would be helpful. thanks.

 

Did you bleed the line to get all the air out? Replaced my clutch last year and bleeding that line was a real pain in the rear, not much space to work in.

 

He doesn't need to worry about the lack of space. Only early production '05 cars even HAVE a bleeder under the car (Ford deleted it as a production change). The bleed procedure on later cars involves pulling a vacuum on the brake reservoir and pumping the clutch.

 

Got it.
I remember thinking at the time, "what moe-ron engineered this?".

 

Probably the same one that engineered the new system, which is easier on your knuckles, but takes some doing,repetition special tools to get a good bleed.

 

Or parking it facing up hill at a 45 degree angle or better
and slowly depress and slowly release the clutch pedal
to bleed the system...

 

There isnt a 45 degree hill within 3 states of here!

 

Parking garage?
Steep driveway somewhere in town?
Friend with a big tree, ****** block and a good Warn Winch?
No?
Then its stealership or vacuum pump time for you...

 

You successfully used the words "****** block" and "vacuum pump" in the same post.
Sir, I salute you.

 

Maybe if you try and bleed it while taking off, the Gs
will pull the air out and force the juice in??

Wait, that wont work...