Clutch.. no resistance

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iliketocrash
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so i just got finished trying to bleed my clutch after two hours. It started off great. A lot of resistance. I told one of my friends to watch the fluid level while me and my other buddy were bleeding the clutch... but he didn't. so then we filled it back up and tried bleeding it again... the pedal would spring back half way but it wouldn't go any farther than that. hour later we tried to slave cylinder from my KA but it did nothing at all. when we were trying to bleed it it shoots out all kinds of air and fluid but it never gets anywhere. i have no clue what's wrong here. could it be that both slave cylinders are shot? i know the one from my KA should have at least been good. if it is my slave cylinder can i just buy another KA one or should i get the one listed in the parts crossover sticky? HEEELPPP!!!:(


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Xero
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could be a bunch of air in the endless clutch softening pedals.

does the clutch still disengage?

try possibly doing the mod that removes the gooey clutch pedal system (it's new name, since I don't remember what it's called)

I don't see how either of them could be broken just 'cause the fluid went down a bit,

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First of all, make sure you've bypassed that stupid secondary-splitter-pain-in-our-arse thing down underneath. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll explain it better. If you still have that thing plumbed in, you'll NEVER get the system bled. Once you've bypassed it, then you'll be all set. You can re-bleed the system and you shouldn't have any problems. BTW, just to check, how exactly are you bleeding the system?

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Clutch Dampener... :) Mines gone...

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iliketocrash
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there's no way to bleed it with the clutch dampener in? i really don't have money for ANYTHING. i eat at home i'm so poor. but when i actually DO get money. what are the specifications on the piece that i need to by-pass the soft clutch thingy.

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iliketocrash wrote:there's no way to bleed it with the clutch dampener in? i really don't have money for ANYTHING. i eat at home i'm so poor. but when i actually DO get money. what are the specifications on the piece that i need to by-pass the soft clutch thingy.


You can bleed the clutch with the dampener in, its just a time consuming ***** to do. As for bypassing it:

http://www.nissaninfiniticlub....67852

24 bucks isn't so bad, even for an eating at home budget.

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iliketocrash
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well i've been bleeding it for about an hour. it comes back up to the point where i barely have to use my pinky to pull it up the rest of the way. it seems i've hit a wall though. what gives?

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Xero
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The nissan hydrolic clutch system, that's what gives. I can almost guarantee it's in that mushy system

and you can do the mod for free. lemme see if I can find MY link

EDIT: here we go

http://www.zeroyon.com/pics/in....html

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iliketocrash
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awesome. thanks


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