I've gone through this in the GTV-6 several times, and on the most
recent occasion I had to resort to a vacuum pump to get all the air out.
-Joe
At 12:14 AM +0000 9/7/03, alfa-digest wrote:
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 14:50:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stacy Faught <onethumb@domain.elided>
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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