NEED HELP pressure bleeding clutch slave difficulties

[John Forbes]

Now thats irony. i had the same problem not more then 4 days ago. After
searching the archives for no more then 10 seconds (hint hint ;-) I found
the best solution and explination. Because if the coil in the clutch line
its darn near impossible to bleed the bubbles out the regular way. You need
to bleed it backwards, force the fluid upstream so the bubbles come out the
resovior. The best way is to:

1) Take a piece of hose, attach one end to your clutch slave bleeder, the
other end to your left front brake bleeder
2)Open clutch slave bleeder
3)have friend open brake bleeder as you are pressing the pedal, just like as
if you are bleeding the brakes
4)close the brake bleeder when the pedal is down, and repeat.

If you keep the resovior topped off right to the edge you will see the
bubbles come out. I just did this a few days ago and it worked GREAT! Took
only a few minutes to bleed it perfectly. Be careful not to push the brake
too fast or you will pop the line off and make some bubbles.


-Cody
 '86 5ktq - EFI test fit this coming weekend, wish me luck!

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> Message: 14
> Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 20:38:09 -0500
> From: shoemakersp <shoemakersp at comcast.net>
> Subject: NEED HELP pressure bleeding clutch slave difficulties
> To: Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
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> My friend and I are desperately attempting to button up the clutch swap in
> my '87 5000CS TQ wagon.  We replaced the clutch slave cylinder as part of
a
> throw-out bearing change.  We are now having problems restoring pedal
> pressure at the clutch.  This has drawn into a stalemate that would make
one
> wonder if there is something wrong or perhaps we are doing this wrong.
Here
> is the rough series of events to this point.
> We attached the pressure bleeder to the top of the brake fluid reservoir,
> applied pressure and opened the bleed valve on the slave cylinder.  This
> resulted in much sputtering and a fluid air mix coming out.  We went
through
> quite a bit of fluid before it was a stream.  He then retightened the
valve.
> I attempted to depress the pedal and it snapped to the floor.  We then
tried
> to pump the fluid through with the pedal by opening the valve on the down
> stroke and closing it on the upstroke.  At some point I had resistance
> through the last 2 inches of travel, but that was the best we got.  Now we
> can apply pressure to the reservoir and open the valve and nothing comes
> out.  I hope this is enough info for someone to see what the problem might
> be.  My friend is now worried that something may have become lodged in the
> line because of the lack of fluid shooting everywhere that it should.  The
> Bentley doesn't seem to provide much help here other than to say that you
> need to use a pressure bleeder.
> I hope someone can help, thank you for all of the help everyone has
> provided.
> -Sean
>
> '87 5k TQ wagon
> '84 CGT
> '01 Dodge Dakota (For Sale)