What if you can’t push the slave cylinder by hand but it will move out if you hit the pedal? Now what?
How to bleed / replace your clutch fluid
- Thread starter Jamison C
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Great post but I pushed the pedal to see if the slave would work. Now it won’t retract at all. Now what?
Ummmmm. I’m thinking you may of messed up. But they got it in there somehow. Wish I could add something useful.
Ok I was able to get the slave retracted. There was sludge-ish fluid in the master cylinder. All clean now and working. But the original problem that led me to check the fluid is the clutch doesn’t seem to release from the pressure plate. It starts fine in neutral, but won’t in gear. When in gear, it just try’s to lunge like I didn’t hold in the clutch. I park it where it is currently. It was fine when I parked it. Ideas?
struggled with this one, your post helped; thank you. initial mistake asking chatgpt how to stop my tj clutch from creaking. lessons learned: there is no retention clip on the slave, I blew mine out attempting to lubricate the plunger, blowing out the plunger and opening the system to air. Chrysler shop manual; "replace clutch assembly" S4B mistake two: didnt realize the baffle is baffle in the master, talk about rolling a rock up hill. spongy clutch, tried to convince myself its always been this early. FINALLY found your post w/out AI and hit me: hey thats a baffle and it comes out; durr. Setup a camera on the master to watch as I forced the slave, while pulling it downward with the line at the top to give the air a path to escape. it kills the palm of your hand, but I found I had to force the plunger to the stops then watch on the cam until the tiniest of bubbles stopped. and fme very much, right back where i started, it still creaks; its the clutch einstein.
struggled with this one, your post helped; thank you. initial mistake asking chatgpt how to stop my tj clutch from creaking. lessons learned: there is no retention clip on the slave, I blew mine out attempting to lubricate the plunger, blowing out the plunger and opening the system to air. Chrysler shop manual; "replace clutch assembly" S4B mistake two: didnt realize the baffle is baffle in the master, talk about rolling a rock up hill. spongy clutch, tried to convince myself its always been this early. FINALLY found your post w/out AI and hit me: hey thats a baffle and it comes out; durr. Setup a camera on the master to watch as I forced the slave, while pulling it downward with the line at the top to give the air a path to escape. it kills the palm of your hand, but I found I had to force the plunger to the stops then watch on the cam until the tiniest of bubbles stopped. and fme very much, right back where i started, it still creaks; its the clutch einstein.
tenortech
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Glad to see this post still somewhat going. I have moisture in my clutch fluid, but I'm trying to figure out if using the turkey baster gets ALL the fluid out or if it just gets it out of the master and then when you pour more back in and pump it - wouldn't it just mix the old with new? I'm not trying to just dilute the moisture filled fluid with clean. Any recommendations?
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