1st Gen R50 Cooper Bleeding the bleedin' clutch

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  1. RallyMini370

    RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

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    I've read the how to's yet I still can't get the clutch to to work. Got a monkey to help me last night to bleed the clutch but still the same result. I even put a 1/8" washer on the arm to give me some extra travel. I also left the clutch pushed down all night as per Mini mainia's instructions with the arm not creeping back so the seals must be good?. Another thing is even though the arm did not move overnight but there was some brake fluid behind the slave cylinder boot but I don't know if I cause that by pushing in the arm. So after 130,000miles maybe it's worth changing it.
     
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    :cornut: Prayer Sent:Thumbsup:

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    Thanks Jason...your prayer was answered...they have a new slave cylinder here...$20 more than Eminiparts but at least I can fit it today.
     
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    I fitted a new slave cylinder . With no monkey to help me I figured how to self bleed the clutch. I made a slave cylinder compressor from 2 threaded bars with nuts on each end and a flat piece of steel with 3 holes drilled in it. 2 for the threaded bar and the other to locate the dome end of the slave cylinder, I used the nuts to compress the slave cylinder arm , then hooked up a clear plastic pipe from the nleed valve to a jar of brake fluid. All I did was open the bleed screw, pushed the clutch pedal down which stayed down, then back to close the bleed screw , pull the pedal up and repeat. I got lots of exercise until all the air bubbles had gone. The clutch now worked perfect.
     

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