I think I may have air in my clutch lines after a clutch install. I looked in my shop manual, and I don't understand what its saying. Does anyone have a writeup on this, or is there anyone who can explain how to do this??

 

Why would it be any different? You don't have to disconnect any lines to chang the clutch, unless you got a new master or slave cylinder also.

 

Well I had some trouble getting the slave cylinder back in, and I don't know if I messed anything up. I'm having problems getting the transmission into gears with the car running, but not with it off. I want to start troubleshooting with the easy stuff before I tear the trans out again, which I really don't want to do.

 

Thats understandable, so I see what you mean. But I am pretty sure that as long as you didn't undo any hoses that shouldn't be a problem. Did you fill the tranny up all the way with ATF? That might be something to check. I'm not really what else would make it not work when it's off, but not when it is running.

 

What clutch did you install? Did you surface the flywheel or is it new? If you take to much off the flywheel you will have disengagement problems. You can bleed the master & slave. I used one of the the self bleeder kits and just jammed the tube in the clutch fluid resivoir and pumped till all the air bubbles were gone.

 

ok, IF the lines were disconnected, how do you bleed the system?

 

Yeah, that's what I want to know.

I installed the McLeod Dual Performance set (not the Street Twin). I had the flywheel resurfaced, but it was the first time it had been surfaced.

 

Can anyone explain the procedure to bleed to clutch lines?

 

The assembly is not meant to be bled.. it comes from the factory as one unit. I think the only way you can bleed it is with a kit and I've heard of mixed results with those. So, you basically have two options.

1) buy a whole new assembly from jason (around 90 bucks). This is what I did as my slave was leaking.

2) Locate a bleeder kit (I think it's just a fitting and a hose) and try bleeding it.

Honestly, I don't see why you would even need to disconnect the lines.. just pull the slave off the clutch fork arm and hang it somewhere outta the way. When I changed out clutches there was no need to remove the thing (though I did finally end up replacing the whole assembly).

Besides, are you sure you've got the clutch fork on there right? Does the pedal feel weird.. like very hard, and it won't go down all the way? That clutch fork can be a b!tch sometimes.. it sure seems like it's on there right when it's not...

Anyways, just a few thoughts.. good luck with it. I don't think you'll need to be dropping the trans