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Re: Clutch bleeding problem update

To: Andy Walker <awtiger@cox.net>, alpines@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Clutch bleeding problem update
From: "jarrid_gross@earthlink.net" <jarrid_gross@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:58:57 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
Andy wrote,

>I had my buddy try
the clutch.  It promptly went to the floor with hardly any pressure.  It also
pushed a pretty fair amount of fluid out the top of the master cylinder
reservoir (I had the cap off at the time).

Yes, this is because until the air was out of the system, the spring had a 
pretty easy time
moving the air around, but when the air was all gone, the viscocity of the 
fluid resists the
spring and id didnt move, or at least not as much.

With nothing to prevent the movement of the slave cyl against the spring, the 
slave will
push a healthy amount of hydrolic fluid back into the master.  When you want to 
use the clutch
again, all that volume of fluid must be pumped to the slave before the TO will 
once again
push on the clutch.

Dump the spring entirely, the clutch springs are sufficient to push against the 
slave to the correct position.


Glad to hear it all worked out.


Jarrid Gross
SII 1725 EFI

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