No fluid from clutch?

#1

I just put on new pads and rotors, so after bleeding the brakes I figured I might as well bleed the clutch. The brakes bled just fine, but when the clutch was pumped up, no fluid came out of the slave cylinder. I even removed the bleeder valve completely thinking it might be clogged, but there was nothing. Is my slave cylinder dead? Any suggestions?

#2

Did you hold the clutch pedal to the floor before opening the bleeder valve?

#3

make sure there is enough fluid in the resevoir. I usually just gravity bleed the slave cylinder…let 'er drip

#4

Yup, my brother was holding the clutch to the floor and the reservoir was full.

#5

You can try forcing fluid up through the slave. We’ve used a large syringe with a small rubber tube to push fluid through the bleed screw up to the reservoir. Jst make sure your reservoir isn’t full. :stuck_out_tongue:

#6

Well I did a little digging and two things were suggested:

  1. stick a paper clip in the bleeder valve area (with the valve itself out) and dig around a little, there may be rust stuck in there.
  2. Flip it upside down to get the bubbles out. They won’t come out normally since the valve is pointing down? Or use a power bleeder. I opted to buy the power bleeder :stuck_out_tongue:

I’ll try that next weekend I guess. Let me know if you guys think of anything else.

#7

Phil - if it’s that gunked up, you might want to buy a new one! I replaced the clutch slaves on my Triumphs every 2 years.

Ed