Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 08:34:09 +0100 From: "Grunff" <runffnopsamo.com> Subject: Re: air in Clutch hydraulic system
Therein lies the confusion. The pump is only used to pressurise the brakes. The clutch works in exactly the same way as it did on pre-abs cars. A low-pressure tube takes fluid from the brake fluid reservoir to the clutch master. This simply acts as a source of fluid, and is not under pressure. A high pressure line runs from the master to the slave. And that's it. As for bleeding, try this. Go to a garden supply shop, and get yourself a one-gallon sprayer. A container with a built in hand-pump for pressurising, and a spray head (<$20). Remove the spray head, and somehow (depending on what you have available to you) attach an old brake fluid reservoir cap. Make sure you have a good rubber seal between the cap and reservoir. Use this to supply pressurised brake fluid to the reservoir. Don't pump it up too much, if you have a pressure guage, attach it to the tank, and don't go above 7-8 psi. I guarantee this will be the best tool you've ever made. It'll bleed 900 and 9000 brakes and clutches in 1/4 the time it would normally take. Good luck.