Does anybody know how to bleed the clutch fluid on a ZS180?
My slave cylinder snaped and the bracket that supports it was cracked and bent a few days ago.
I have now fitted a brand new bracket and a new slave cylinder, but the clutch pedal is stilll soft?
I'm guessing it was full of fluid when I got it as it's a sealed unit?
So maybe it just needs bleeding but I'm not sure how to do this as there is no bleed nipple?
However, if anybody knows of any other reason that the pedal would remain soft after replacing the parts I'd be greatful for some help?
You'll probably find that the bracket gave way first and took the Slave cylinder with it. I think the general opinion is that the master cylinder also needs to be replaced at the same time.
Yeah there obviously is a process for fitting them new but the manual says it cant be bled. PM shedist on here and get one of his all metal replacement kits, it is much better than OEM and costs less than OEM aswell (hope you didnt buy the slave new!). diy fit and bleeds like a standard clutch.
Yeah I've just been reading about those on here, I should have bought one...
Unfortuntely I paid £111 for the slave new and £50 for the bracket so i'll have to get it fixed as it is (hopefully just needs a master) and when it goes again i'll get the upgrade.
Should have joined this forum earlier!!
As with brakes there may be some air in the new section, try pumping it a lot to get this to move up to the resevoir.
However if you do decide to replace the master cylinder it will properbly be worth going for the sheddist kit, they are around £150 IIRC for the complete thing and come with very good fitting instructions.
Then stick the almost new slave on eBay to recoupe some of your costs.
Our local garage (when they were Rover) used to send "the boy" out to push the clutch pedal up and down as it could take up to an hour's worth of pedal pushes to get the air out!
Dont know if it was a cock up, but im not complaining.
Pult my spare one on a few weeks back when it split and took out my slave cylinder.
A chap near me is currently making me a spare one, with more strength and support to it..
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