NEED HELP pressure bleeding clutch slave difficulties

[Jesse Clendenning]

Had this same problem a couple of months ago. The below proceedure worked as
advertised.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Forbes" <john at craincorporated.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:28 PM
Subject: NEED HELP pressure bleeding clutch slave difficulties


> 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!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <quattro-request at audifans.com>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:53 PM
> Subject: quattro digest, Vol 1 #4797 - 14 msgs
>
>
> >
> > 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>
> >
> > 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)
>
>