Last time I drove my car, over the course of like 3 shifts the clutch stopped working. I looked under the hood, and it looked like the line had a hole in it where it met the slave cylinder. So I ordered the SS braided line, and just installed it. When I removed the old line, it looked like the outer covering had a hole, but I wasn't sure if the inner "tube" did, but there looked like gunkiness where fluid leaked out, so I still figured that was the original problem.



Bled the slave cylinder. Can't find any leaks anywhere. The old clutch fluid is severely nasty, my assistant didn't have time for me to drain the whole thing, so I got the air out. I can see the fork over the tranny moving when the clutch is pressed, but when I started it in gear it lurched.



So what's up? Do I need to start shopping for a new clutch, or did I not bleed the system properly? If I replaced the line, does the master need to be bled also?

 

I would think if you didn't bleed all the old fluid out you might still have air in there.

 

i recently replaced my clutch hydraulics on my daily ride and my main problem was the secondary seal on the master cylinder. fluid was leaking into my footwell and i didn't even notice until i tore the junk out. and yes please completely flush the system and put new fluid in.

 

Pull the bleeder right out, take the cap off the reseviour, make sure when you take the bleeder out that you don't loose the little ball (checkvalve) in the slave. And let it gravity bleed, thats all I did and my clutch is awesome no 2 people required. But it's possable that because the slave ran dry, I am assuming here, that you wore the o-rings out and it requires a rebuild.

 

yeah you can bleed these with one person, sometimes even just pumping the pedal is enough

 

I bought a turkey baster, just to remove as much as the old fluid as possible. I put in more new fluid, and left the bleeder valve open, and pumped a lot, refilled, pumped some more (didn't get low enough to let air in). For some reason it still isn't disengaging, I don't know what to do. ...bleed some more and hope there's some air in there that didn't get out before? Is there some adjustment I should do to the pedal?

 

Do you keep the bleeder open when you let go of the pedal?

 

I did it both way, closing it each time, then leaving it open. Both times I had a long clear tube on it, leading into a bottle of used fluid.

 

Maybe the fork popped off the pivot ball.

 

maybe it was not the hose, for the price of the rest of the system replace it, slave and master, hose- all less then $200, the car is old so its a good idea to just replace it all now, unless your going to be getting rid of the car.