[Roadsters] clutch slave bleeding, messed up the order?

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

Fergus,

Too late for this evolution but:

I don't think you can adjust the
slave cylinder operating rod to affect pedal height.  The specification for
the slave cylinder operating rod is have about 1/16-inches of play between the
rounded end of the nut on the operating rod and the clutch fork when the slave
cylinder return spring is disconnected.  Or, were you referring to the clutch
master cylinder operating rod. which has double nuts on the ones which are
adjustable in length?  (The originals had a fixed length, so pedal height was
not adjustable.)  I set the pedal height before I tighten things up on the
master cylinder.

You should be able to find a piece of Tygon tubing which
will fit snugly over the nipple on the slave bleeder valve.  I've always fed
and pumped just like I do the brakes.  (One of these days I my invest in speed
bleeders.)

Gary


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 From: "O'Farrell, Fergus
P (AS)" <Fergus.OFarrell at ngc.com>
To: "datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net"
<datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 6:47 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] clutch slave bleeding, messed up the order?
 

Helped a
new friend bleed a replacement clutch slave and braided steel hose.
Not sure I
got sequence of events correct, because I got slung a few
curveballs.
Slave
bleeder is different size from brakes, so my flare nut wrench does not
fit
it.  (don't remember that being the case  on my car)

Slave bleeder smaller,
so the plastic tube that I extend from it into a can
partially filled with
fluid, well, that didn't work because the hose let air
in between it nd the
fitting.

SO was I just supposed to depress pedal and pour from above until
fluid came
out bottom, then start the pump-and-squirt repetitions, or pump
until it came
out the bottom (wouldn't it gasp air back into line?).

Seemed
to go OK, took a bit to get the slave rod adjusted to the right length,
get
the pedal to the right height. (note: don't forget to free the jam nuts
before
it goes in, because access is very limited once in there, so had to
remove it
once to free the jam)

Thanks,
Fergus O
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