[Ryan]

I saw this little video and thought of all the people (me included) that had trouble bleeding the clutch ever with a power bleeder.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdf--suwqw0





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[Carl968]

Nice Ryan. Thanks for sharing. That was very informative and helpful.



This is really a great site.



Carl

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[flash]

i see this pop up from time to time



this is a bad idea for 2 reasons



1. the bleed screw is not a good seal for the purposes of an entry point



2. any contaminants anywhere from there on will be forced into the reservoir - you want them out of the system, not pushed back into it



he is working with brand new components with no dirt or contamination anywhere - this does not work well in reality

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[Ryan]

If you just replaced your slave or your fluid line, I would say it would be the way to go. If you are bleeding an old system, it is not the way to go. He starts out by saying that the line is full of air, not fluid.

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[flash]

yeah - you would first have to completely flush and purge the entire system - this would be the only way to ensure that you did not have contaminants in any of the components - if they are in one, they will find their way to all - once you get rid of everything, then and only then could you attempt this method



seems like an awful lot of pumping though - the motive power bleeder resolves all of this, does everything in one step, and is a LOT less effort and mess

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