[alfa] Re: bleeding clutch slave GTV6

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm curious how you managed to patch it.  Did you just cut out the 
bad part and succeed in flaring the freshly-cut ends to patch in a 
new length of tube?

As for bleeding it, this has proven to be a substantial pain in my 
ass on the GTV-6 and Milano.  Most importantly, make sure the slave 
cyl. is oriented such that the bleeder is at the highest point 
possible (i.e. 12 o'clock).  Then follow the brake-bleeing convention 
of your choice until you've wasted a bunch of fluid and gotten 
frustrated at the persistant presence of air bubbles.

What I learned after doing this a couple times is that the system is 
somewhat self-bleeding, but not in the traditional sense of "Open the 
bleeder and let gravity flush the system"--once you've got some 
semblance of clutch functionality, sit there and work the clutch 
pedal in and out until your leg cramps up (bring a magazine).  If 
you're lucky you (well, your assistant, unless you have a really long 
neck) will see tiny, tiny bubbles appear in the reservoir, and the 
clutch actuation will get better and better.  If you're not in a 
hurry, wait over night to do this and it won't take as long. 
Eventually all the air will be gone and the clutch will work properly.

On the most recent occasion that I replaced a clutch slave cyl. and 
had to deal with this, I was in entirely too big a hurry to sit there 
pumping the clutch all day, so I ended up using a vacuum pump and a 
jar with two holes in the top to suck the air out.  I wasted even 
more fluid than usual, but it worked like a charm and I was done in a 
matter of minutes.  (What I don't remember is whether or not that was 
before I built my pressure bleeder, and whether I tried that first.)

Hope that helps,
Joe Elliott
'82 GTV-6


At 7:33 PM +0000 11/8/04, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:09:50 -0500
> From: Darren Leung <darren@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] bleeding clutch slave GTV6
>
> All,
> I managed to patch the corroded line running up to the clutch slave, but
> can't quite figure out how to bleed it and don't see anything in the
> documentation.  Can someone show me the light?
> Thanks in advance,
> Darren
> 83 GTV6
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