RE: [alfa] clutch bleeding, ect.

["John Paradiso" <johnp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stacy:
Is the bleeder on the slave at the very top (12 o'clock) when you are
bleeding? If not, you will not be able to bleed out all the trapped air.
I went through 2 quarts of brake fluid before somebody clued me in.

HTH

John Paradiso
92 Spider
Noho, MA

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From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
Stacy Faught
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 5:51 PM
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Subject: [alfa] clutch bleeding, ect.


After experiencing what was probably a slave cyliner failure last
weekend in my '87 spider(clutch was VERY stiff once, pumped it, then it
bottomed out---resovoir was empty, hydraulic fluid all over the place),
I bought a new slave, rebuilt the master, and replaced the rubber hose.
Now,  I cannot seem to get the system  to bleed properly---I followed
the procedure (attach hose to bleed nozzle at slave, other end of hose
in fluid to check air bubbles, open resovoir, pump clutch with a slow
release), and even tried the 'long way' of doing it, by pushing the
clutch, tightening the bleed screw, releasing the clutch, then opening
the screw and doing it over again.  I went through an entire large
bottle of fluid, yet I still cannot attain the proper travel for the
slave cylinder....it is about half of what it should be (about 0.25-0.30
inch vs. 0.43-0.47).  The pedal still feels a bit soft, so I'm guessing
there's still air in there, but how the heck to I clean it all out????
I've easily  flushed the entire system 3 or 4 times, and still there's
air trapped in there.....
 
Or am I missing something????
Am I using the wrong fluid?  Couldn't find the factory reccomended
stuff, so I picked up a couple large bottles of DOT 4 brake fluid....I
can't imagine one hydraulic fluid would be *that* much more compressible
than another.....but I'm running out of ideas....
 
Any help would be totally appreciated...
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