master cylinder bleeding

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 09, 08 12:59 pm

Hi do you have to bleed the master cylinder off the car or can you do it on the car with your "Good" mate and the pump the foot way

as i can't fined a fitting to bleed the front part of the cylinder as it's bigger than the one on the rear of the cylinder.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Jul 09, 08 1:08 pm

Bench bleeding is definately worth it..........sorry.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Jul 09, 08 1:09 pm

You need to bleed it off the car, you may not get full travel when it's bolted into the car and have trapped air which you won't get out. You can bench bleed it by pressing your rubber gloved fingers firmly over the ports, messy but it works....

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 09, 08 1:11 pm

BLUE your a star thank you for that i will now go and get dirty

again

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Jul 09, 08 1:25 pm

Don't "over-travel" the piston, as you could damage a seal on any ridge that may have formed. Short strokes are the order of the day

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 09, 08 1:58 pm

iv heard that before

it seems to have worked and i only shot my self in the eye once

do you take out the screw in the rear of the cylinder as it seems to only be there to stop the piston from coming out in the packing

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Jul 09, 08 2:01 pm

No, screw remains in place.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 09, 08 2:02 pm

Pete wrote:Don't "over-travel" the piston, as you could damage a seal on any ridge that may have formed. Short strokes are the order of the day

In that case it can be done in situ.

latil · Post by **latil** » Wed Jul 09, 08 2:03 pm

NO,not as far as I know,it stops the guts falling on the floor when you take your foot off the pedal.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 09, 08 2:08 pm

That's the beauty of the adjustable rod , no need to remove master to bleed.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 09, 08 6:33 pm

All back on the car with no issues at the moment

thanks guys

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Jul 09, 08 6:35 pm

No worries, please send the cheque to the usual address