Clutch problem - urgent!

[Mike's_Taffeta]

I don't think it's just the hose, since I have been having this problem for a while and the leak only started very recently.



Yeah, I had to drive about 3 miles home from a friends tonight and I was worried about it....I had a friend follow me home though. What is this bench bleeding you are talking about?

You have two fittings on your master cylinder. One is for the resevoir and the other is for the clutch line. To bench bleed you attatch the resevoir to the new master cylinder (if it didn't already come attatched) fill the resevoir to full. Insert a flexible line or bend an old brake line to loop from the clutch line fitting on the master cylinder into the resevoir. Then find your self a sturdy object to actuate the plunger against. This will fill the intenals of the master cylinder with fluid.

Not doing this can lead to blown seals and a leaky master cylinder. If you don't have an extra line to attatch for the bench bleeding they can be bought for fairly cheap at an auto parts store. Rigid tubing is sold by the foot I believe.

 

[acedomain]

i had this problem before and i even changed the clutch and then realized it was the clutch slave cylinder that had a leak but i let my mechanic handle all of that because i didnt want to have any problems with it.... you should do the same if you dont know what you are doing... at least if something goes wrong they can always fix it for you ... goodluck

 

[HondaLuver83]

Well replace the hose first, then bleed the system. You never know how long its been leaking before it was noticeable.

 

[pattywak]

Okay, well we looked at it today some, and the slave cylinder squeaks loudly when you press the clutch in. Could this by indicative of something?

 

[HondaLuver83]

Okay, well we looked at it today some, and the slave cylinder squeaks loudly when you press the clutch in. Could this by indicative of something?

No, the boot is probably just dry. Spray some silicon lube on the shaft that the boot covers.

 

[Mike's_Taffeta]

Okay, well we looked at it today some, and the slave cylinder squeaks loudly when you press the clutch in. Could this by indicative of something?

Indicative of air in the line. How did you bleed it the first time.

 

[pattywak]

Ahh.

When we bled it, we pumped the clutch 5 times and held it down, then opened the bleeder valve by the slave cylinder, then closed it and then repeated. As the fluid level in the reservoir went down we filled it up with more brake fluid.

 

[HondaLuver83]

Ahh.

When we bled it, we pumped the clutch 5 times and held it down, then opened the bleeder valve by the slave cylinder, then closed it and then repeated. As the fluid level in the reservoir went down we filled it up with more brake fluid.

Sounds right, I have no idea what else it could be besides the leaky hose.

 

[acedomain]

some how their is air getting in ....i know my clutch slave was fine then it start getting worse until the pedal was on the floor like what happen to you ...now what i can do is go to my mechanic and ask him exactly what he did ....maybe you have the same problem i did but i have a feeling its your clutch slave

 

[Mike's_Taffeta]

Ahh.

When we bled it, we pumped the clutch 5 times and held it down, then opened the bleeder valve by the slave cylinder, then closed it and then repeated. As the fluid level in the reservoir went down we filled it up with more brake fluid.

Did you have a hose connected to the bleeder screw going into a container with brake fluid? If not then you are allowing air to get back in. When you have the hose attatched to it you will be able to see the air bubbled going into the container, when there are no more bubbles there is no more air in the lines. Depending how much air there is, you can be bleeding for up to an hour.