steveo3002
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Can you post a pic of where the slave cylinder bolts to the box? I've seen similar clutch issues with a lot of vws of that era with a certain setup
Can you post a pic of where the slave cylinder bolts to the box? I've seen similar clutch issues with a lot of vws of that era with a certain setup
There are two potential issues.Unlikely. While a clutch system is unlikely to be up in the 1000's psi like a brake system, its still going to be higher than the 20psi from a pressure bleeder.
And as a clutch master goes full stroke more often than not, unlikely to be damaged by dragging over unused parts of the bore - as a specialist claimed my car did when he worked on it . . . never happened before or since in my own work.
all new , just had the box off , theres another thread about that somewhere lolI have seen the pivot point wear through the clutch fork before, I've also seen vws where the plastic cover on the pivot point is missing and that will cause you to lose some of your travel although I can't remember off the top of my head if that box has the pivot with the plastic cap
On some pipes it's quite easy to knock the seals on the ends, which can cause seemingly strange problems.My daughter had a seat leon 1.4, the slave cylinder failed, it was an easy diagnosis, as she had no clutch and there was a pool of fluid under the car below the slave cylinder. I replaced the slave cylinder a genuine VW part, but no matter what I did I could not get it to bleed, after a couple of days of getting nowhere I replaced the steel pipe from the master cylinder to the slave cylinder, and straight away it bled ok. No idea of the problem but it cured it.
i was reluctant to clamp a brand new rubber hose...
but if i clamp it and the pedal is hard , all is okay upstream of the clamp? if no more master bleeding or faulty master?
if master checks out , then keep bleeding at the slave or its faulty?
first half of pedal dead /floppy /nothing , closer to the carpet theres some feeling , if i run the car its just starting work , its doing something but not enough ...also doesnt pop up to normal , i need to kick it with my foot to return to rest
no slop on the fork...you can poke a finger in there when the slave is out , like i say its had all new clutch and all the bits n bobsSounds like you have a load of play in the release fork for some reason, especially if it won't push the m/c piston back in and you get a dead pedal.
I wouldn't have an hesitation clamping the hose with a proper line clamp. At least then you've proven the MC good and no air in the line.
No. You risk damaging the seals.
thats what i have , also got a mity vac but never got on with itNot sure what you're using to bleed the clutch but after reading advice on here I bought one of these.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-VS8...cphy=9046004&hvtargid=pla-563276032024&psc=1#
I used it to do a complete fluid change after refurbing the calipers on the van. After using it my thought was 'Why didn't I buy one of these years ago!' Brilliant tool, made the whole process very quick, simple & clean.