Clutch bleed Nipple - Best way to acces it ?

[bilabonic]

Hi

Bleeding my brakes and clutch and have two questions -

How do i access/find the clutch bleed nipple ?

Do i need to empty the brake fluid resevoir of existing fluid when using Eezibleed sysytem ??

Cheers

Edited July 1, 2009 by bilabonic

[paulv]

Hi

Bleeding my brakes and clutch and have two questions -

How do i access/find the clutch bleed nipple ?

Do i need to empty the brake fluid resevoir of existing fluid when using Eezibleed sysytem ??

Cheers

The clutch cylinder bleeder nipple is up high on the driver's side of the transmission (assuming a US car) and can be done when you have the driver's side rear wheel off (because you're also bleeding the brakes) and that corner of the car is up in the air. I did my 987 a couple of months ago using the Motive power bleeder and the only thing I messed up on was placing a single catch bottle for the clutch where I should have used 2 bottles in tandem -- the single bottle filled up pretty quickly when I needed to cycle the clutch pedal for 90 secs (according to procedure). Loren has provided excellent procedures in the 996 DIY section (not sure if those are accessible to non-contrib members). BTW, I used ATE super DOT 4 fluid like most people do.

I never could totally empty any reservoir due to obstructive objects inside the reservoir structure which prevented my turkey baster from reaching the bottom -- and never had any problems with brakes because of that. Just remove as much as you can, refill with new fluid and go from there.

Regards,

paul...

[blue2000s]

Hi

Bleeding my brakes and clutch and have two questions -

How do i access/find the clutch bleed nipple ?

Do i need to empty the brake fluid resevoir of existing fluid when using Eezibleed sysytem ??

Cheers

Pedro's got a decent picture of it here:

http://www.pedrosgarage.com/Site%203/Bleed...6%20Clutch.html

It's a pain to get a wrench on it, but do-able.

[jthailer]

Just did the Pedro DIY this weekend.

Clutch bleed nipple is a pain to get at. There is very little room to manuver in there. When I have to do it again I will either use a very short 11mm open end wrench or use a ratchet to loosen the bleed screw a little bit and then quickly tighten it just enough to stop fluid from leaking. Then you can attach the bleed hose and easily loosen the bleed screw with the open end wrench.

The way I did it this time was to use the closed end of the wrench and point the wrench away from you which is counter intuitive, but it allows you to get enough space and leverage to loosen the bleed screw. Don't be tempted to loosen the screw more, just be patient and wait for it to flush.

Keep in mind that you will have to pull up the clutch pedal with your hand when you are finished.

Also, I dropped the bleed nipple cap and lost it, so you may just want to have an extra on hand just in case.

[Loren]

Just did the Pedro DIY this weekend.

Clutch bleed nipple is a pain to get at. There is very little room to manuver in there. When I have to do it again I will either use a very short 11mm open end wrench or use a ratchet to loosen the bleed screw a little bit and then quickly tighten it just enough to stop fluid from leaking. Then you can attach the bleed hose and easily loosen the bleed screw with the open end wrench.

The way I did it this time was to use the closed end of the wrench and point the wrench away from you which is counter intuitive, but it allows you to get enough space and leverage to loosen the bleed screw. Don't be tempted to loosen the screw more, just be patient and wait for it to flush.

Keep in mind that you will have to pull up the clutch pedal with your hand when you are finished.

Also, I dropped the bleed nipple cap and lost it, so you may just want to have an extra on hand just in case.

Most of this is covered in the DIY here.

Most folks find it easier to reach by removing the left rear wheel (that is what I do).