What should have been a simple job replacing the flexible pipe from my clutch master cylinder to the slave cylinder has turned into a bit of a saga.
First of all, bleeding the system after the repair was impossible until I bought an EEzibleed kit that pressurises the master cylinder using tyre pressure, forcing fluid through the system and out of the slave bleed nipple along with a surprising amount of air bubbles. This makes bleeding a 10 minute job and has the advantage of filling the system with fresh brake fluid. I would recommend this at £18 and I will do my brake system when I've sorted out my mess up with this job.
The problem - I am now struggling to get the clutch working as the clutch actuator lever seems to have slipped out of position when the pressure was relieved. I know their is a spring clip on the back of the lever that can break over time but believe this shouldn't stop it sitting in the correct position on the ball pivot. It was ok before I started meddling, of course. Can anyone please give me any advice on this? If anyone has a picture showing the correct position of the lever, from inside and / or outside the bellhousing this would really help. I am hoping this can be fixed without removing the bellhousing and gearbox etc. (partly because I was hoping to take the car to the Lake District this weekend) and my (flawed) logic tells me that it lost its position without any force so should be able to be put back similarly. There again I am one of those dreaded Internet Mechanics!
Thanks.
First of all, bleeding the system after the repair was impossible until I bought an EEzibleed kit that pressurises the master cylinder using tyre pressure, forcing fluid through the system and out of the slave bleed nipple along with a surprising amount of air bubbles. This makes bleeding a 10 minute job and has the advantage of filling the system with fresh brake fluid. I would recommend this at £18 and I will do my brake system when I've sorted out my mess up with this job.
The problem - I am now struggling to get the clutch working as the clutch actuator lever seems to have slipped out of position when the pressure was relieved. I know their is a spring clip on the back of the lever that can break over time but believe this shouldn't stop it sitting in the correct position on the ball pivot. It was ok before I started meddling, of course. Can anyone please give me any advice on this? If anyone has a picture showing the correct position of the lever, from inside and / or outside the bellhousing this would really help. I am hoping this can be fixed without removing the bellhousing and gearbox etc. (partly because I was hoping to take the car to the Lake District this weekend) and my (flawed) logic tells me that it lost its position without any force so should be able to be put back similarly. There again I am one of those dreaded Internet Mechanics!
Thanks.
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