couple days ago i was losing clutch pressure so on the advice of some friends and something i read on HT that seemed to be my situation i went and bought an OEM slave cylinder. just installed it..bled it and got a little pressure back but it doesn't come all the way up by its self. i checked the clutch fluid resovior(sp?) and it was full even before we started to bleed it. so that means no leaks right? there is no fluid come out of or near the master cylinder. so what else could be the problem?

 

Did you check to see if any fluid was leaking under your dash where the master cylinder comes in?

 

yes, i didn't notice any fluids on the pedal arm or anything like that

 

sounds like you bled it wrong...

 

could someone post the steps please? ty

 

You need 2 people.

Crack open the bleeder screw on the Slave cylinder.

Press clutch down and HOLD it there.

Close bleeder screw.

Release clutch pedal.

Repeat if necessary.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dimi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You need 2 people.

Crack open the bleeder screw on the Slave cylinder.

Press clutch down and HOLD it there.

Close bleeder screw.

Release clutch pedal.

Repeat if necessary.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Attach a clear hose to the bleeder and repeat the above process untill you dont see any air bubbles coming out when you open the bleeder. Also keep the reservoir full while you bleed, or you'll have to start all over.

 

when i close the screw should i pump it a bunch of times then open the screw again?

 

no. loosen screw. press pedal all the way down. close screw. pull clutch pedal up.
loosen screw again. press pedal all the way down again. close screw. repeat until it shoots a stream of fluid out.

 

thanks for all the help guys. i'll post back w/ results tomorrow or something