Clutch Bleeding Problems!

[peterpa5]

When I was replacing my clutch I accidentally (stupidly) depressed my clutch peddle with the slave cylinder disconnected. Needless to say, it pushed the piston out of the slave cylinder and flipped over the seal. So I bought a new slave cylinder and started trying to bleed the clutch today. Have not been able to get any pressure. Also, the bleeding isn't pulling as much fluid through the reservoir as I expected. Do you think I have a problem with the master cylinder too? Or do I just need to keep pumping until I get all the air out?

Thanks,
Peter

[944 Ecology]

1) Use a pressure bleeder like a Motive.

2) Get the ass end of the car as high as you can.

3) Bleed, bleed, bleed.

(as an alternative, remove the slave from the bell housing and hold it with the bleed screw straight up.)

[Ga 951]

Peter,
George gave you the answers. +1 on the motive bleeder.I bought one after reading all the complaints, esp w/ the slave valve. Makes the brake/ clutch bleed quick and easy.

The reason for lifting the rear end as high as you can relative to the front, is the position of the line that feeds the slave valve. If don't know, look at the brake res. and find the blue/black line on the fwd left hand side. That line feeds the slave and if there is air pocket beside it, you will never get fluid to the slave.

[porschetub]

Hi ,George is right,but I fully charged my slave cylinder (after rebuild) with fluid before refitting(its messy) but the system bleed in minutes after this.