Help, Can we reverse bleed the clutch?

[Tim]

Help

I’m going to be bleeding the clutch myself this weekend instead of the dealer on my 94 RT10.

I’m just wondering is there any reason why I can’t put a hose into the bleed screw and force the fluid up to the top of the reservoir. Air will certainly rise easier then being pushed down.

Does anyone have an ideas or suggestions?

Thanks

Tim

 

[Ulysses]

Forcing it down flushes out the particles. Forcing it up will result in having left over particles ending up in the reservoir. There is also the possibility of air still being trapped whether you force fluid up or down, and to get it out you end up forcing it down anyway.

Bleeding the clutch by Jerry Scott and Chuck Tator

1. Remove the cap from the reservoir.

2. Have someone in the car push the clutch petal to the floor and hold.

3. Put a 11 mm box wrench on the bleeder valve, then hold a cotton rag over the opening to catch the fl
uid. (I could not get a hose to fit over the hex. shaped bleeder valve.)

4. Open the valve and let out a small amount into the rag.

5. Pump the clutch rapidly, a minimum of 10 times and repeat the bleeding.

6. Fill the reservoir to the step.

7. Pump rapidly 10 times, hold to the floor and bleed a third time.

8. Pump rapidly 10 times, then refill the reservoir to the step. (The level will go down after you pump
the last time.)

9. Replace the cap and your are finished.

added by Chuck Tator:

10. Wait at least an hour! Have someone step down on the Clutch
ONCE and hold it down!
Crack the bleeder loose-Just a smidgen[1/16 of a turn] and listen
for the last of the air to come out of the system..
Repeat one more time.
Top off the Reservoir.