How to bleed clutch?
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Car: 1984 Camaro Z28
Engine: V8 350 ci
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How to bleed clutch?
So I got my car back today from getting the clutch done..and they didn't even bleed it! So my question is..how do I go about bleeding them to get all the air out of the clutch? I've heard it can take awhile to get it all out and air can be a really big problem. I need to do this so I can figure out if I need to have the master cylinder replaced or not.
So there is like a bleeder screw on the slave cylinder, is this right? I'm sort of lost so any help would be appreciated.
So there is like a bleeder screw on the slave cylinder, is this right? I'm sort of lost so any help would be appreciated.
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Re: How to bleed clutch?
there shouldn't be a need to bleed it for a clutch replacement and if there is i'd let them do it since you paid for having it done. the gm method is to gravity bleed it but i've never had much luck with that. i use a pheionix (sic?) injector kit and reverse bleed it. takes a couple of minutes to do it that way and is 100% air free when you're done.
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Re: How to bleed clutch?
the allen screw on slave cylinder is a bleeder screw . it can be bled the same way as brakes . it doesn't take much to bleed it . for the next few weeks keep an eye on fluid level . in normal use any remaining air in master cylinder will work its way out . don't let the resv. get low as you will just put more air into master cylinder . worked for me .
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