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Old Sep 22, 2022 | 09:57 AM
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For those of us with remote clutch bleeders, this tool just absolutely amazed me. I’ve had a mityvac for many years and it has its place, but this deal is night and day better for bleeding the clutch. I completely replaced my clutch fluid in less than five minutes while standing still, including putting the air chuck on the tool. I can’t recommend this enough.



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I've been told many times how great these things are, but I'm still not sure how they even work. Might have to finally pick one up next time I'm doing this.
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You attach an air hose to it and control the suction flow with the trigger. I am going to flush my brake fluid this weekend with it and if it’s as effective at the task I’ll be angry I spent all these years pumping pedals. Highly recommend, even just for easy clutch fluid maintenance
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Ok, so you can auction the old fluid out, how does it replace it and bleed it? I'm just not understanding how this works. I need to do a clutch flush.
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Originally Posted by Vette-kid
Ok, so you can auction the old fluid out, how does it replace it and bleed it? I'm just not understanding how this works. I need to do a clutch flush.
It attaches to the bleed screw and pulls a vacuum, same as any other vacuum bleeder. I have the Harbor Freight version of this and it came with a bottle that keeps the reservoir topped off. Works really well: https://www.harborfreight.com/brake-...der-92924.html
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