Clutch Bleeding
12-12-2009, 10:11 AM
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Clutch Bleeding
In regards to this procedure:
http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=263&viewfil...20Bleeding.pdf
What do the vacuum pump connections look like here?? I think I understand the stopper in the cap hole but I'm not grasping the whole bleed procedure here. It sounds to me like you seal off the loop, pull a vacuum for one minute and then release the vaccum.
I need to do something with this Spec Clutch, it starts to grab at the very top and then about a millimeter of pedal later, boom! it's fully engaged. Sometime when it's cold and you're using the clutch to back out of pull up slowly, it sounds like the freakin thing is coming through the floorboard.
http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=263&viewfil...20Bleeding.pdf
What do the vacuum pump connections look like here?? I think I understand the stopper in the cap hole but I'm not grasping the whole bleed procedure here. It sounds to me like you seal off the loop, pull a vacuum for one minute and then release the vaccum.
I need to do something with this Spec Clutch, it starts to grab at the very top and then about a millimeter of pedal later, boom! it's fully engaged. Sometime when it's cold and you're using the clutch to back out of pull up slowly, it sounds like the freakin thing is coming through the floorboard.
12-12-2009, 12:06 PM
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Did bleeding your clutch help you any BruceH??
12-12-2009, 12:44 PM
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i've wondered about this too aclass.
i think what happens is when you release the
vacuum quickly, it causes the fluid to have
motion and this motion displaces air bubbles
and if you're lucky, the bubbles make their way
up to the reservoir.
am i 100% sure, no. but it sounds plausible.
i think what happens is when you release the
vacuum quickly, it causes the fluid to have
motion and this motion displaces air bubbles
and if you're lucky, the bubbles make their way
up to the reservoir.
am i 100% sure, no. but it sounds plausible.
12-12-2009, 01:37 PM
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Do you guys know of a way to save a copy to disc? I go to that service manual link and while that's great that it works it would be nice to save it and I don't get a button to do so. Is my comp screwed up?
12-12-2009, 02:48 PM
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Pulling the vacuum, the fluid can not expand, so the pressure gets passed all the way down to the air bubble, which do expand, and travel up the line. Basically boiling the bubbles out with pressure.
Last edited by JDWalton; 12-12-2009 at 02:51 PM.
12-12-2009, 03:57 PM
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Understood. Thanks for the info guys.
I just wish there was something easy I could do to make the engage/disengage a little further down instead of all at once. It messes me up just wearing different pairs of shoes as silly as it sounds.
I just wish there was something easy I could do to make the engage/disengage a little further down instead of all at once. It messes me up just wearing different pairs of shoes as silly as it sounds.
12-12-2009, 06:03 PM
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Good news, there is!
http://www.americanmuscle.com/ram-th...ring-05gt.html
Adjustable. RAM designed their Throwout Bearing and Slave Cylinder to be adjustable which allows for a wider range of adjustable movement than that of the stock OEM unit.
