my 91 clutch master is leaking. which is better, just replace it or get a repair kit for it? advice?
get a new one, take old off put new one on and you done.
no tring to pull this off or pull that off to replace this or that.
buy new its your brakes, you life depends on those brakes.
Hope you have small hands if you are doing it yourself....I did mine recently for the first time and I don't remember ever cussing so much in my life. Cut up my knuckles too...but I had some alarm stuff down there too.
All in all, it's not too hard. Just getting to everything is a pain. :redface:
thanksEasiest/best way to bleed is to use a vacuum bleeder like the Mityvac or Vacula. The pedal method works fine too, but it takes at least 2 12 oz bottles to completely bleed the whole thing. Something like 400 pumps!
I think that it is worth the time to remove the drivers seat to do the clutch master. It is only four bolts and an electrical connector.
Who knows there may be a $100 bill hiding down there...more likely French Fries!
Brad
This really depends on your stature. I can just walk right under the dash when changing the master, never have the seat in my way..
Bye Mary.......
Sounds like a "fat-boy" dig. If the shoe fits -
I did the gravity bleeding method by myself with no tools. It was easy.
First I jacked up the driver’s side front of the car ALL the way in the up. I opened the reservoir cap and filled it as much as possible. Waited about 30 minutes and filled it some more. You might see some bubbles as air escapes.
The 2nd time filling it up, I topped it off (with the cap off), I went underneath the car and loosed the bleeder valve quarter turn. I went back to the reservoir and kept topping it off as the fluid drained from below. I did this with about 2 bottles of brake fluid. Once I was towards the end of the last bottle, I tightened the bleeder valve, topped off the reservoir, and that was it.
Clutch has been perfect for 3000 miles now.
Is the clutch pedal in or out when doing the gravity bleed, I have tried with both clutch in and out and do not get any flow out of the bleeder. Althoug I have not jacked the car up, mainly due to when I changed the hose on the secondary the fluid drained fine as my car was sitting level.