Bleeding the hydra clutch
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Bleeding the hydra clutch
Ok guys I need to know how to bleed the hydra clutch on a third gen book says there is a screw to take loose just like the brakes but im not seeing it any hep would be appreciated as i cant drive my car till i get this fixed.
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What makes you think they need to be "bled"?
What just happened, immediately prior to this supposed need appearing? You're just driving down the road, everything's cool, and all of a sudden you just developed a burning desire to pull over and bleed the clutch hydraulics; or what?
Knowing that would help point you in the right direction.... which most likely, isn't bleeding the clutch hydraulics.
What just happened, immediately prior to this supposed need appearing? You're just driving down the road, everything's cool, and all of a sudden you just developed a burning desire to pull over and bleed the clutch hydraulics; or what?
Knowing that would help point you in the right direction.... which most likely, isn't bleeding the clutch hydraulics.
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Actually I changed my clutch to a zoom HP clutch and when I went to start the car and run through the gears I had no pedal and I looked over everything and it was all aligned and installed right so Im thinking the hydro clutch is out or I need to replace the slave cylinder. Cause I have no clutch pedal or resistance at all.
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Most likely, if you didn't break the hydraulics open, then they don't need bleeding. Leave them alone.
Probably you have the throwout bearing on the fork wrong. Here's a link to a post with RB's famous pics of a right and a wrong throwout bearing install. If you put it on th efork like the wrong one, the clutch will do exactly as you describe. So I'd suspect that you have yet another case of that extremely common mistake.
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=284924
Probably you have the throwout bearing on the fork wrong. Here's a link to a post with RB's famous pics of a right and a wrong throwout bearing install. If you put it on th efork like the wrong one, the clutch will do exactly as you describe. So I'd suspect that you have yet another case of that extremely common mistake.
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=284924
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Nope man the throwout bearing is in correct I did a clutch on my car like a yr ago but it was just a stock clutch thats why this one is getting replaced and everything worked fine before maybe I dont need to bleed the clutch but just replace the slave cylinder.. I push the clutch and i can see the fork and the bearing push against the pressure plate but the pedal is all the way to the floor like its not pushing far enough to engage disengage the clutch. Cause I cant get the car into any gear but the car starts right up with the clutch pushed in.
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If the old clutch worked before you changed it, either:
-you installed the incorrect parts
or
-you installed the correct parts incorrectly
-you installed the incorrect parts
or
-you installed the correct parts incorrectly
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