Sinking clutch pedal...Update.

[Stephen Ankney]

Thanks. I'll give that a shot.

Steve


>From: Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
>To: "Stephen Ankney" <ankneys at hotmail.com>
>CC: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Sinking clutch pedal...Update.
>Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:57:25 -0400
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>Steve,
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>there is an easy trick to bleed the clutch:
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>- plug a 2 feet long hose (full of new fluid) to the slave's bleeder;
>- put the other end in a jar containing new brake fluid
>- open the bleeder
>- depress the clutch pedal slowly WITH YOUR HAND.
>- hold it there a second or two.
>- leave the bleeder open
>- slowly allow the clutch pedal to go up, slowing it WITH YOUR HAND, to
>suck fluid form the master cylinder (which is full of new fluid, right?)
>- repeat many times (yes, the bleeder is always open )
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>You'll see, with the end of the long tube in brake fluid, the slave
>cylinder will choose the easiest path, that is the shorter hose to the MC.
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>Not my trick, I think it was initially submitted by Dan Cordon. It works.
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>Louis-Alain Richard
>1983 urQuattro, new clutch, slave, master, no bubbles.
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>"Stephen Ankney" <ankneys at hotmail.com>
>Sent by: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
>2004-07-19 13:42
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>The only problem I had was bleeding the clutch. I did not have access to a
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>pressure bleeder so we bleed the old standby way. This took forever.
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>I got as much air as I could out of the system but it still feels a bit
>softer than I'd like.
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>The clutch  still doesn't return smoothly at the top. It catches about an
>inch from the top and then flops up. I think I must have toasted the
>bushing/return spring?
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>On the road driving revels good overall clutch engagement. No more sinking
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>clutch. Just softer than I'd like.
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>I'm gonna try to pressure bleed it sometime this week.
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>Steve
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