Bleeding the Clutch

[Counted Out]

How how are you guys bleeding the system? It's my first time so I just want to make sure I do it right. :D

[BLOWNDFIZ]

It's a bitch to do since our clutch masters have no bleeder.... Basically you need to bench bleed the unit before the install. Due to the possibility of not being able to properly getting it bled is why I decided to modify my stock clutch master and make it adjustable for use with my street twin.

[Spartan7]

Do the GM method, it works the best. You need to jack up the car for it.

Unbolt the slave cylinder from the bellhousing. Remove the reservoir cap (don't get any dirt in there). Then you hold the slave cylinder upside down (rod facing toward ground), and give it short pumps. It should get harder the longer you do it.

You can either do that laying on the ground, or move the slave cylinder up into the engine bay so you can watch the reservoir while you pump the slave. Either way, make sure the slave is lower than the MC. Once air bubbles stop coming up through the reservoir tube, it's bled.

Don't use a Mity-Vac, it doesn't work very well. And you do not have to pull the hydraulics out to bleed them. But if they are already out then bench bleeding is easier.

[mpe331lx]

Do the GM method, it works the best. You need to jack up the car for it.

Unbolt the slave cylinder from the bellhousing. Remove the reservoir cap (don't get any dirt in there). Then you hold the slave cylinder upside down (rod facing toward ground), and give it short pumps. It should get harder the longer you do it.
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This method is simple and works great:metal:

[AChotrod]

Do the GM method, it works the best. You need to jack up the car for it.

Unbolt the slave cylinder from the bellhousing. Remove the reservoir cap (don't get any dirt in there). Then you hold the slave cylinder upside down (rod facing toward ground), and give it short pumps. It should get harder the longer you do it.

You can either do that laying on the ground, or move the slave cylinder up into the engine bay so you can watch the reservoir while you pump the slave. Either way, make sure the slave is lower than the MC. Once air bubbles stop coming up through the reservoir tube, it's bled.

Don't use a Mity-Vac, it doesn't work very well. And you do not have to pull the hydraulics out to bleed them. But if they are already out then bench bleeding is easier.
Yup, I just did it Also and it was super easy.
Just keep pumping the slave untill it stops taking fluid and all the bubbles stop coming up.
I had a friend watch the resivior while I pumped the slave under the car. It def gets harder to pump when its full

[Counted Out]

Okay, I did it right then. :)

[richardson]

What if your slave cylinder comes with a plastic cover that is over the piston, so that the piston doesn't hang all the way out. I read somewhere that you weren't supposed to remove it and that it breaks the plastic after the first use. and the plastic cap over the piston is used as a type of lube between the piston and the clutch fork.

Ive changed mine before, but I can't remember if I used this process or not. I recently went over a speed bump and it nudged the slave cylinder and all my brake fluid leaked out of the slave.

[Fastbird]

MIty-Vac method on my clutch, worked like a champ even with the empty non-bench bled modded master cylinder.