so I'm driving down the street the other day in my 'runner when I press the clutch and hear a little burst, then smell and see smoke coming from under the truck. My clutch is loose as a goose and I can't shift outta 4th. So I pull over and find that the line from the slave cyl to the clutch has a nice little hole (luckily--it could have been worse) so I power shift it to a friend's house (scary) and splice new line in there and realize that there's no bleeder valve. nothin. any idea how to bleed the line without one??
how to bleed a line with no bleeder valve...?
- Thread starter pELYgroso
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scoutabout
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Yeah, if there's a hydraulic system without a bleeder then it should be designed to self bleed.
KToy
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Herriman, UT
there is a valve below the starter on the actual cylinder almost like a brake caliper same idea anyway. but ya its down there im like 99 percent sure. just check on the bell houseing.
what do you mean by "line from the slave cylinder to the clutch"??? Do you mean from the master cylinder (on the fire wall, next to the brake mc) to the slave cylinder (on the bell housing)?? The slave cylinder will have a bleeder screw just like your breaks that points out to the passenger side of the truck. You can open it and just let gravity bleed it or have a buddy help you and do it just like you were bleeding breaks.
MR.CJ-7
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- Location
- Woods Cross, UT
It's been a while, so the details are foggy, but I had the OEM slave on my powerstroker fail.
The clutch master cylinder was hanging upside down behind the inner fenderwell still sealed in plastic because it never got hung properly from the assembly line.
Eventually I found the problem when the clutch failed on me. After I hung the clutch master the slave had a huge amount of air. I bled it by pulling the slave from the bellhousing and holding it down to become the low point and worked the slave by hand. It pushed all the air up into clutch master. It worked great for a few more years until the quality f*rd hose burst.
I don't know if it will work for you, but it did for me.
The clutch master cylinder was hanging upside down behind the inner fenderwell still sealed in plastic because it never got hung properly from the assembly line.
Eventually I found the problem when the clutch failed on me. After I hung the clutch master the slave had a huge amount of air. I bled it by pulling the slave from the bellhousing and holding it down to become the low point and worked the slave by hand. It pushed all the air up into clutch master. It worked great for a few more years until the quality f*rd hose burst.
I don't know if it will work for you, but it did for me.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
This isn't really clutch related, so I'm not 100% sure it will apply, but the ABS system on my XJ had to be bled from the master cylinder through the pump and finally to the calipers. The only bleeders in the system were at the calipers and the wheel cylinders.
You just cracked the fitting open and bled it like you would if it were a bleeder screw. Tighten the fitting and release the pedal. Repeat as necessary...... It took a LONG time to go through all those hoses/lines.
You just cracked the fitting open and bled it like you would if it were a bleeder screw. Tighten the fitting and release the pedal. Repeat as necessary...... It took a LONG time to go through all those hoses/lines.