Clutch woes
Posted: 24 Jun 2015, 20:52
My bus is in storage at the moment while I try and (slowly) sort all the issues out. It hadn't moved for a few months then needed to get it out to move other cars around. Found I had no clutch. Sought advice and all pointed to slave cylinder which I checked and had definitely had it, as the rubber boot was bulging with hydraulic fluid. After much fighting with inaccessible rusted bolts a new one was fitted, along with new metal and flexi pipes.
So went to try to bleed the system yesterday and no matter how much I bleed cant get a pedal. No resistance at all, exactly the same as it was before replacing the slave cylinder.
So I take it theres something else failed too. I know all the brake and clutch system is connected so could brake components be causing an issue or could the clutch master be at fault too, despite it having a fully working clutch before being parked? Damn I hate hydraulic clutches. Give me a cable any day!
Brakes aren't much good either to be honest. Pedal seems hard and travel limited.
So went to try to bleed the system yesterday and no matter how much I bleed cant get a pedal. No resistance at all, exactly the same as it was before replacing the slave cylinder.
So I take it theres something else failed too. I know all the brake and clutch system is connected so could brake components be causing an issue or could the clutch master be at fault too, despite it having a fully working clutch before being parked? Damn I hate hydraulic clutches. Give me a cable any day!
Brakes aren't much good either to be honest. Pedal seems hard and travel limited.