[alfa] re: clutch bleeding, ect.

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've gone through this in the GTV-6 several times, and on the most 
recent occasion I had to resort to a vacuum pump to get all the air 
out.

-Joe

At 12:14 AM +0000 9/7/03, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 14:50:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Stacy Faught <onethumb@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] clutch bleeding, ect.
>
> After experiencing what was probably a slave cyliner failure last 
> weekend in my '87 spider(clutch was VERY stiff once, pumped it, then 
> it bottomed out---resovoir was empty, hydraulic fluid all over the 
> place), I bought a new slave, rebuilt the master, and replaced the 
> rubber hose.  Now,  I cannot seem to get the system  to bleed 
> properly---I followed the procedure (attach hose to bleed nozzle at 
> slave, other end of hose in fluid to check air bubbles, open 
> resovoir, pump clutch with a slow release), and even tried the 'long 
> way' of doing it, by pushing the clutch, tightening the bleed screw, 
> releasing the clutch, then opening the screw and doing it over 
> again.  I went through an entire large bottle of fluid, yet I still 
> cannot attain the proper travel for the slave cylinder....it is 
> about half of what it should be (about 0.25-0.30 inch vs. 
> 0.43-0.47).  The pedal still feels a bit soft, so I'm guessing 
> there's still air in there, but how the heck to I clean it all 
> out????  I've easily
>  flushed the entire system 3 or 4 times, and still there's air 
> trapped in there.....
>
> Or am I missing something????
> Am I using the wrong fluid?  Couldn't find the factory reccomended 
> stuff, so I picked up a couple large bottles of DOT 4 brake 
> fluid....I can't imagine one hydraulic fluid would be *that* much 
> more compressible than another.....but I'm running out of ideas....
>
> Any help would be totally appreciated...
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