Stripping the bleed valve on the slave is quite common. You'll need to get a new slave cylinder. - Laurence
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Wesley Alden Pegden > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 5:05 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: help needed quick! Bleeding Clutch... > > > Guys, > I just replaced my clutch master cylinder---but when I went > to bleed the > system, I found that the valve on the slave cylinder appears to be > stripped. So I don't know how I can bleed the system. Any > bright ideas? > I don't have a vise grip anywhere near that size (7mm or > so). I really > don't want to replace the slave cylinder just because of > this. I'm also > driving back to chicago on saturday (from pittsburgh) so I > need to do > something FAST. > > Any help would be hugely appreciated. > > Thanks so much, > wes > |
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