Originally Posted by
fredskidoo
Looking for opinions and/or experiences on pulling the clutch master cylinder, line and slave cylinder to bench bleed as an assembled unit on the bench and reinstalling without needing to disassemble the system.
I understand some will say leave it in and bleed it, your bleeding it wrong, bleed it this way, that way and so on. I appreciate the intentions but I'm looking for confirmation that I can have the assembled system on the bench and bleed it as a whole, successfully and put it back in the vehicle, assembled.
I do see that potentially getting the clutch master cylinder back into place may be difficult or not possible with the hydraulic line, etc. attached. This is the kind of information I am seeking. What to expect, what to avoid, what not to do or how did you do it.
Thank you for your interest and responses in advance.
Ethan
Racers are lazy, so we cut a huge hole for easy access to the clutch master. Install everything and leave the clutch slave cylinder off the trans but held vertical where the push rod faces the floor and bleeder is up highest point. Crack the bleeder and wait for fluid. Don't touch any pedal. Once fluid dribbles can push the rod of the slave by hand a bit to ensure no air bubbles but wouldn't push it all the way. Once a nice stream of fluid close and install on transmission. Don't get fluid in your beer.
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