If the slave won't bleed, it is bad.

You can curse it, put it in 10 times, pump it a million times and it
still will be a bad slave cylinder.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Eric wrote:
>
> Took the slave out and followed the directions. Although getting the shaft
> lined back up with the fork on the clutch took some finesse, it's back in
> and smoother. If I'd only done that the first time...
>
> The mechanical sound is there, but different. Guess the first sound was
> actually two sounds together. Now the click, clunk, grind, whatever, seems
> to be coming from inside the tranny itself. Seems to be related to the
> clutch or release fork. It's not the slave making the noise (unless the
> shaft is binding against something, but I can't imagine what).
>
> Is my clutch about to go? Thoughts? Thanks!
>
> Eric
>
> "Eric" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ok, got the clutch slave in and installed it. Something just wasn't
> > right -- I couldn't get the fluid to flow from the master cyl through the
> > line and come out of the bleeder on the slave. Kept pushing the clutch in
> > and out until I had worked my way through 1.5 master cyl's worth of fluid.
> > STILL, nothing coming out of the slave. However, now the slave was
> > engaging the clutch. I could have it in gear, push in the clutch, and
> > roll. Hmmm...
> >
> > Worked it some more, and the clutch felt like new. Better than it ever
> > has in the past two years. So, I ensured the proper amount of fluid was
> > in the master, put the grommet in, put the bleeder screw back into the
> > slave (though having it out did nothing) and off I went. I stopped every
> > few miles, and nothing would change. Clutch was good, and fluid was good.
> > Got onto the highway and 5 minutes later I didn't have a clutch. SCARY!
> > I pumped it a LOT and it came back.
> >
> > So, in town, I had a perfectly normal clutch (stop and go driving). When
> > it wasn't used, it wouldn't work. So I got it to the point of almost not
> > working (clutch pedal would go almost to the floor before working) and
> > pulled over to look in the master cyl. Nothing wrong. No bubbles, no
> > change in fluid level, nothing. Pumped the clutch once or twice, and it
> > was back to normal. Get home, in the garage, and notice a mechanical feel
> > to the pedal. Shut off the TJ, and sure enough, I can hear the slave
> > working. It... grinds.. when the pedal is almost to the floor.
> >
> > What the heck?? Did I get a bad part?!? I thought it was odd it wouldn't
> > bleed... HELP!!!
> >
> > Eric
> >