T-Series Clutch issue

[Todd16]

Hey everyone,
I probably know the answer to my problem but I'm hoping for a different answer.
I just replaced the hose leading to my slave cylinder on my C. I also have had the master rebuilt and I refurbished the slave myself. I’ve bled the crap out of the system and have no leakage. Yet I seem to be way at the end of the pedal. Why?

 

[Bugeye58]

Did you bench bleed the master cylinder after the rebuild?
Jeff

 

[Todd16]

I didn't. White Post did the rebuild, so I would assume they did.

 

[Guest]

clutches are a pain to bleed. first make sure the bleeder is in the top not the end where it was shipped. If not, change the hose and bleeder locations to get it to the top. I also suggeast a vacum bleeder like a mity vac. It once took my daughter and me 4 days to bleed a clutch. she still cringes when I mention the word

 

[Todd16]

Chuck,
Sorry i don't follow? (first make sure the bleeder is in the top not the end where it was shipped. If not, change the hose and bleeder locations to get it to the top.)

 

[Bugeye58]

Todd, you have to bench bleed the master before you install it, or you will never get the air out. Clamp it in a vise and run a line from the outlet port into the reservoir, using a length of brake line with a piece of clear tubing on the end. Fill the reservoir and stroke the cylinder until you get no more bubbles back into the reservoir. Make sure you bottom the piston when you do this. Then, install it on the vehicle, and go through the complete clutch bleed process again.
If I may be so presumptuous as to answer for Chuck, just because the slave came with a bleed fitting in it, dosen't mean it's in the right place. Make sure that the bleed screw is at the top when the cylinder is installed. I've seen a lot of cylinders that had the bleeder in the wrong hole.
On most of my cars, I have run a hard line from the bleed port up to a convenient place in the engine bay, and attached a bleed fitting there. No more going through contortions to bleed the clutch. I also use a vacuum pump, and I can go from no clutch to a solid pedal in less than five minutes.
Jeff

 

[Guest]

most slave cylinders are shipped with the bleeder screw in the end where the hose actually goes, instead of on top, the highest point, where it belongs

 

[Bugeye58]

Chuck, I hope I didn't step on your toes with my previous post.

Jeff

 

[Todd16]

Thanks everyone! I never did blead it that way before installing. You learn somthing new everyday! I'll give it a whirl!

 

[Todd16]

Well after fighting the Flu for the past week I was able to take a closer look at my clutch issue. It appears my slave is in fact leaking. Obviously my DIY rebush didn't take. It also appears not to be cost effective to have it machined, rather just buy a new one. Any thoughts?

 

[Gary Lloyd]

Just buy a new one!!! They have to be machined and sleeved!!

 

[tony barnhill]

Gotta go w/gary on this one - if yours won't build, buy new!...but, are you sure you built yours correctly?

 

[Todd16]

I would sure hope so. Is there a quirk I'm not aware of?

 

[tony barnhill]

No, I've known people to put the rubber piece in backwards & it'd leak

 

[Todd16]

I'll look at it, but it seemed to be the same either which way. I'll try the switcheroo and see if that cures it.