Quick Tech Help - Slave Bleeding Question

[buskey]

Hey, hoping someone here can shed some light. I'm using a Motive power bleeder to bleed the brake system on my 1986 944T and thought while I'm at it I'll bleed the slave cylinder. Get the brakes done, open the valve on the slave, nothing comes out. Have tons of stable pressure on the Motive.....shouldn't I be getting air/fluid out of the slave bleeder valve?

Clutch does seem to work very well although it engages at the end of full pedal release even though the clutch only has 20k on it.

Thanks!!

[Pops944]

You're right; there should be fluid/air coming out of the bleeder. Make sure the rear of the car is raised as high as practical to ensure the fluid is getting into the clutch line, and you may need to remove the bleeder to make sure it isn't clogged. If you do remove the bleeder, make sure you don't have pressure on the system or you'll have brake fluid everywhere.

[toolboy62]

yes, you should have fluid coming out the bleeder. maybe remove it completely and try again? sometimes wasps like to pack mud in there if the rubber cap is missing.

this isn't exactly pertinent to your question but may become so if you end up removing components... I had the hose fail on my '88 and because I was very busy at work I took it to a local garage to have it replaced, and I had the guy just go ahead and replace the master and slave as well at the same time so I wouldn't have to worry about it. Well he couldn't bleed all the air out so my pedal sucked, I tried with the Motive and didn't get anywhere with it either, it stayed about the same. Had a local guy show me the trick - hook up the pressure bleeder and pump it up to about 10 PSI, then get in the car and stroke the clutch pedal as fast as you can 10-20x, get under the car quickly, open the bleeder, air comes out. Repeat 2x. After that the pedal was right back to where it should be.

good luck

nate