[TR] Bleeding Clutch Slave Cylinder

[Jeff Scarbrough]

At 07:18 PM 7/28/2008, MMoore8425 at aol.com wrote:

>I really wonder if its necessary to bleed it at all. What keeps bubbles  from
>rising up to the reservoir? What exactly does "holding the pedal down" do
>anyway besides increase cylinder pressure and make bubbles smaller?

The bubbles are compressible, the fluif is not.  thus, with too many 
bubbles, the slave cylinder will not fully engage.

>I just
>replaced a 1 inch slave on my TR3A yesterday and I haven't bled it 
>at all. I'll
>just drive it and it will take care of itself somehow!

On my 71/72 Spitfire, the clutch leaked badly to the point that it 
would often empty itself.  I always simply dumped more Castrol LMA 
into it, and gave it a few sharp pumps.  Worked fine, though I reckon 
it could have worked a lot better had I repaired it and then properly 
bled it once.

Jeff Scarbrough      75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
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Athens, Georgia         #354