Clutch Bleeder-Learned something new
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Drifting
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Clutch Bleeder-Learned something new
I was at the NCM bash last month sitting at Gate D doing parking duty, shootin' the breeze with a really great guy that retired from the assembly plant (he built Corvettes for 41 years)
We were talking about a recent remote clutch bleed install I did and I asked him who the rocket scientist engineer was that put the hydralulic clutch bleeder in a place where only Stretch Armstrong could reach.
His reply was that it was not put there for my convenience, but, because it is really an automatic air bleeder, which bleeds only the air during the assembly of the car and is the high point vent for the clutch slave cylinder.. Makes sense why it is where it is. While it can be used as a bleed screw, that is not the first purpose for it.
You are probably thinking like me, how long will it work bleeding air with the fluid getting dark and cruddy so fast.
Bottom line, the remote bleeder is a good mod.
We were talking about a recent remote clutch bleed install I did and I asked him who the rocket scientist engineer was that put the hydralulic clutch bleeder in a place where only Stretch Armstrong could reach.
His reply was that it was not put there for my convenience, but, because it is really an automatic air bleeder, which bleeds only the air during the assembly of the car and is the high point vent for the clutch slave cylinder.. Makes sense why it is where it is. While it can be used as a bleed screw, that is not the first purpose for it.
You are probably thinking like me, how long will it work bleeding air with the fluid getting dark and cruddy so fast.
Bottom line, the remote bleeder is a good mod.
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Its just a LONG bradded SS brake line type hose. It has a fitting that threads into the hole where the factory bleed fitting is. It comes with a copper washer. The other end has a regular brake bleed fitting that you crack open to bleed out the air and old fluid.
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Not all use the copper washer. The Katech one and a few others use the same fitting style as the factory blessed fitting does with the tapered seat. But yes it's a long SS flex line that you mount up by the clutch or brake master cylinder reservoir. Makes it VERY simple to bleed or flush the clutch hydraulic system! Usually they only run ~100-120 bucks.
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Any brands of bleeder kit to avoid? What are the better/more reliable ones?
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To What and where do you secure the braded lines with? Funny you mention that as my installer has always said "it doesn't matter if anything rubs these since they're stainless; they'll rub through any other material". Not a position I've ever been willing to take.
Any brands of bleeder kit to avoid? What are the better/more reliable ones?
Any brands of bleeder kit to avoid? What are the better/more reliable ones?
I do not think there is that big of a difference in the bleeder, it's not used that often unless you are tracking your car.
I bought mine from East Coast Performance.
