Bleeding the Clutch
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Hi,
Whilst I’m putting my Elan back together so I can sell it – after 38 years thought I would write a few notes as I go!
Hope it’s helpful.
If the slave is fitted then mark the orientation of the hose and slave so it can be refitted in the same place – assuming it was actually fitted correctly.
When you actually refit the slave to the bell housing make sure the piston is fully retracted then adjust as per the manual.
This might sound a bit complicated but in practise it is very easy and straight forward. More importantly the clutch will be bled and you won’t have used gallons of brake fluid – Start to finish I probably used less than a 100ml of fluid.
Regards
Steve
Whilst I’m putting my Elan back together so I can sell it – after 38 years thought I would write a few notes as I go!
Hope it’s helpful.
If the slave is fitted then mark the orientation of the hose and slave so it can be refitted in the same place – assuming it was actually fitted correctly.
When you actually refit the slave to the bell housing make sure the piston is fully retracted then adjust as per the manual.
This might sound a bit complicated but in practise it is very easy and straight forward. More importantly the clutch will be bled and you won’t have used gallons of brake fluid – Start to finish I probably used less than a 100ml of fluid.
Regards
Steve
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- Take the slave off and strip it down and clean with some IPA or brake fluid. Don’t use any abrasive other wise you will damage the anodising. Early cylinders were not anodised and tended to ware out but the later ones are, and much better. You can check if it is anodised by doing a continuity check with a multi-meter; if it isn’t anodised then it will have good continuity and if it is there will be no continuity.
Reassemble and push the piston fully in to the cylinder
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- So now remove the bleed screw keeping the cylinder roughly level with the master cylinder – If you get the height correct then the fluid won’t leak out or return to the master cylinder. If you need to top it up use the syringe directly into the slave. You can now move the cylinder up and down and watch the fluid rise and fall – you will see bubbles of air rise to the surface. You could also tap the body gently with the wooden handle of a small hammer.
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