Am I bleeding the Clutch slave cylinder correctly?

[Pman1961]

Makes alot of sense JHV48. Your responses are the reason for starting new threads. Very informative. Rick Parker the reservoir is a new Kirkman unit (I got rid of the plaster clutch and master cylinder reservoirs and installed a Kirkman unit using Olthoff hoses and fittings) and the slave is new purchased through B2 and is a pusher style with an adjustable rod from Roseland. I have the Ram Clutch setup. Is there a time when you should use a pusher over a puller and whether bearing should be continuously on the pressure plate or off when not in use?

[mpanten]

Joey is right, I do it this way. It works and its cheap. I was having similar problems but got it after doing it this way

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[Joey.S]

Sorry I did NOT mean to quote Pman1961. My mistake.

[Pman1961]

JHV48...I replaced my slave cylinder with a Rosehill unit I purchased from B2 Motorsports because of the adjustable push rod. I swapped the original unit which was constant pressure with the Rosehill so I could achieve the clearance requirements my good friend Mr. Brent suggests. The bleeder is at the top of the unit by the way. Back to Brent for a moment. I must say he has responded to all my calls...I mean lots of calls during this Cobra transformation process. I just hope he doesn't have a limit of how many calls he'll take from me before he blocks my number. Hopefully we all learn from this and will be good reference for others. When I spoke to Rosehill today they stated there is a 2 or 2 1/2" rod throw which they liked. I believe only around an inch is needed to engage clutch. But appearing down the cylinder with the dust boot off there is only about a 1/2" to fully extend. This makes me think there is still some air in the system. Hydramada (Cobra Brian as I call him) is supposed to come by tomorrow afternoon to check it out. I'll follow up and try some of your suggestions and let you know how it works out. Thanks to all.

[lovehamr]

Originally Posted by Pman1961

But appearing down the cylinder with the dust boot off there is only about a 1/2" to fully extend. This makes me think there is still some air in the system.

At this point I'd have to ask what are the piston sizes on the master and slave? And how much M/C stroke are you getting with your set up? I ask because I recently went through this and wound up having to go to a larger M/C to get enough throw out of the slave cylinder for complete clutch disengagement.

Steve

[Pman1961]

I'll measure tomorrow and post. B2 has sold many of these setups with no problems. Guess I'm making up for them all.