bleeding clutch

[crnisbet]

hi having just replaced the slave cylinder for my clutch I am strugling to bleed the system.Ther is air in the system and now the clutch pedal is swinging freely and the fluid will not pump through the system. Has any one experienced the before or have I done something wrong? Any help please as this is my daily drive I need it for work.

[big geoff]

its possable the piston is stuck down in the master cylinder give the cylinder
a hard tap and bleed it again but dont press the pedel completely to the floor .if that fails bleed the master cylinder on the outlet junction first then bleed the slave cylinder

[schmokin1]

once you get it going don't forget to top up after pretty much every squeeze of the pedal, it's very easy to blow more air in to the system (as I discovered!)

[That Daddy]

big geoff said:

its possable the piston is stuck down in the master cylinder give the cylinder
a hard tap and bleed it again but dont press the pedel completely to the floor .if that fails bleed the master cylinder on the outlet junction first then bleed the slave cylinder

The return spring may have broken in the Master cylinder this causes the pushrod not to return and hence the pedal becomes floppy(replacment only comes in a cylinder assy,not in a repair kit)you will struggle with this job if thats the case,but this will be backed up by the fact that when you press the pedal down(to bleed) no fluid is pushed out the bleed nipple on the slave cylinder.