R33 Gts Clutch Bleed Help

[S3RK]

Hi Guys,

Yesterday I decided to bleed my clutch as lately it's been REALLY difficult to get into 1st gear on a cold start (new clutch?). Gradually driving for about 5 minutes it gets much easier until it goes to normal.

I was following a guide on here that states, bleed just the slave if there's already fluid in the lines/master. OPEN nipple on slave, press clutch all the way in and hold, Tighten nipple, release clutch, repeat.

But after the first push, the peddle refused to return. After that I tried everything to try and get some feel in the clutch. Started from the master (near to no fluid came out), then down to the dampner, where 2 pumps poured fluid out, then none after that, and back to the slave, where again, nothing came out.

The fluid level was on max at all times, I haven't seen ANY leaks at all. There's still no play in the clutch at all.

I've tried bleeding it by pushing the clutch fork towards the slave and holding, cracking the nipple, then tighten and release. Still nothing.

Any ideas guys?

[S3RK]

Also I must note, I removed the bleed nipple from the master and NO fluid came out, is it plugged up?

I originally was getting little dribbles of fluid from it, but nothing big.

Edited July 14, 2014 by S3RK

[GTSBoy]

I suspect that you probably now need a new/kitted clutch master.

[89CAL]

You don't open it before you push the pedal in. It's like your brakes, push pedal in, crack bleed nipple, re - tighten bleed nipple, lift pedal, repeat

[S3RK]

Yeah exactly what I thought... But for some odd reason the tutorial on here says otherwise

Should I keep trying that way? I did try for a bit but found nothing I tried even gave a little bit of play.

As I previously stated as well, no fluid coming out of the master bleeder nipple when it was completely removed

[89CAL]

Yeah that is a bit of a worry. It should gravity feed with the nipple out

[scotty nm35]

I used to mess around with clutch bleeds by hand, but now I have a vac bleeder I will never do it again. Why had no-one told me about them before.