At 07:18 PM 7/28/2008, MMoore8425@aol.com wrote:
>I really wonder if its necessary to bleed it at all. What keeps bubbles from
>rising up to the reservoir? What exactly does "holding the pedal down" do
>anyway besides increase cylinder pressure and make bubbles smaller?
The bubbles are compressible, the fluif is not. thus, with too many
bubbles, the slave cylinder will not fully engage.
>I just
>replaced a 1 inch slave on my TR3A yesterday and I haven't bled it
>at all. I'll
>just drive it and it will take care of itself somehow!
On my 71/72 Spitfire, the clutch leaked badly to the point that it
would often empty itself. I always simply dumped more Castrol LMA
into it, and gave it a few sharp pumps. Worked fine, though I reckon
it could have worked a lot better had I repaired it and then properly
bled it once.
Jeff Scarbrough 75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
http://www.fishplate.org/vehicles/
Athens, Georgia #354
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