Clutch bleeding woes

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After 20 years ownership, my clutch finally surrendered after it's last "send" at the M6 toll gate.

 

It all started well.

Windows down as I tapped to pay the toll fee.

Barrier went up.

Revved her up and dumped the clutch and we were off.

Smiling like a Cheshire Cat as she took off , VQ trumpeting away sweetly through my Scorpion exhaust.

 

Changed to 2nd.....

Revs climbing sweetly

Reached for 3rd......WTF!

Was as if I was Captain Kirk with Scotty telling me "The dilithium crystals are smoking.......she canny take any more Captain"

Smelt that nasty burning clutch smell and it just wouldn't hook up.

Tried 4th gear.....NADA.

Tried 5th then 6ht.....NADA.

Just revved with no power.

After a couple seconds she finally engaged 6th and I cruised her gently back to Manchester.

 

It had had the odd slip before anyway so I bit the bullet and had a new clutch, dual mass flywheel, slave and master cylinder fitted.

 

Garage told me it was a nightmare it was to bleed.

Drove home and after 30 min the clutch pedal wouldn't come back up without me flicking it back up with my foot.

 

Back it went to the garage.

Pedal felt 90% better but again garage said they struggled to get any pedal feels at all to begin with and they "think" it's good but to bring it back if any problems......very confidence inspiring....NOT

 

Alas, same story. After spirited driving for 15in I lost pedal feel.

 

So I returned to the garage again armed with some tips from @davey_83 and another zed friend.

The garage was amazed...... INSTANT SUCCESS 

 

1. Was to pre fill the slave cylinder with fluid.

 

2 Was to bleed the clutch using the attached guide

 

Hope this helps people who have similar bleeding woes.

[mr v6]

Mine was a pain, the slave cylinder went & was replaced FOC by the garage I bought the Z off. I supplied a HEL braided line to go on. They said it was a nightmare too, something to do with the square valve block thing behind the NSF wheel arch liner. I still wasn't happy so bled it again on the drive & it's been right as rain for the last 8 years.