[Shop-talk] Brake system bleeders

[Mark]

Jim,

I found a little video on line where a guy was showing a novel way to bleed 
a clutch slave.  I tried it and it worked great.  All he did was attach a 
plastic hose to a NEW oil can filled with brake fluid.  Put the hose on the 
slave and pump the fluid UP to the master.  Since it fills from the bottom 
up the air escapes from the master rather than trying to force it out the 
bottom.  I did a TR the other day in about 5 minutes.

Mark
Nashville


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Stone"

No.  And I have no idea how to even do that.  In this particular case, all I
did was rebuild the master; the slave was last year (or so).  And, 
everything
works fine.  It just works a tad better when its been pumped.

Like I said, this is a known problem with Alpine clutches.  An air bubble 
gets
trapped at the top of the slave and is a bitch to get out.  I was just
wondering if power bleeding might push it out better than vacuum or using a
helper to pump it up.