Couple of suggestions...
!. letting the fluid flow form the resevoir out of the bleeder nipple on the slave cyl all by itself. Of course attach a tube from the nipple to a container. Very slow. 2. better. reverse bleed the system. pump the fluid in from the slave to the resevoir. A couple of assumptions...you have already flushed the system with your attempts to bleed (get no dirty fluid in the resevoir) and that you have a pressurizable container to deliver the fluid. The second method really does work. Alistair
>HELP! I can not get system to bleed. Have tried pressure from >reservoir and vacuum from slave cylinder without success. I have >disassembled and thoroughly cleaned master cyl including the 2 holes >under the reservoir tube. Cleaned 3 small holes in piston. Everything >looks good. > >Only possibile problem I can see, perhaps the forward (in direction of >flow) cup . > >Could this swell with age and prevent the valve action of the thin >washer over the 3 small holes in the piston. > >Mast cyl is FAG if there are different ones used. > >Any/all suggestions appreciated. > >I have tried all morning to search the archives and I continually get a >msg that gerry is to busy to use right now. > |
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