sublauxation
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My kid thought the clutch pedal on his '98 F150 was getting squishy so he set out to bleed it.
In the process he managed to twist off the top of the bleeder in the slave cylinder (conveniently located inside the bell housing). I haven't been able to get the broken bleeder out and if I don't have to I'd rather leave it as is.
The bleeder valve is definitely stuck shut (he over tightened it while shutting). We did get in a couple rounds of bleeding before it broke but the pedal was only getting softer. There is a possibility that he didn't fully close the bleeder at least once before letting up on the pedal so it may have sucked in a lot of air.
Plan B.....we tried to bleed from the top through the reservoir by pulling a vacuum on it, which should have worked but we keep getting bubbles (1/2 an hour of trying) and the pedal isn't pumping up at all, it just sits on the floor. In addition the vacuum pump only seems to be holding pressure intermittently.
I'm starting to think we have a leak somewhere in the system drawing in air, but it doesn't seem to be losing fluid from the reservoir and their are no visible puddles or wet spots.
Any thoughts? I was thinking maybe the seals in the clutch master cylinder or an O ring in the line to the slave are going bad giving us all the air? I'm planning to remove the line from the master and vacuum test the master to see if it's holding, then test the line side the same way.
Thanks for any help or ideas.
In the process he managed to twist off the top of the bleeder in the slave cylinder (conveniently located inside the bell housing). I haven't been able to get the broken bleeder out and if I don't have to I'd rather leave it as is.
The bleeder valve is definitely stuck shut (he over tightened it while shutting). We did get in a couple rounds of bleeding before it broke but the pedal was only getting softer. There is a possibility that he didn't fully close the bleeder at least once before letting up on the pedal so it may have sucked in a lot of air.
Plan B.....we tried to bleed from the top through the reservoir by pulling a vacuum on it, which should have worked but we keep getting bubbles (1/2 an hour of trying) and the pedal isn't pumping up at all, it just sits on the floor. In addition the vacuum pump only seems to be holding pressure intermittently.
I'm starting to think we have a leak somewhere in the system drawing in air, but it doesn't seem to be losing fluid from the reservoir and their are no visible puddles or wet spots.
Any thoughts? I was thinking maybe the seals in the clutch master cylinder or an O ring in the line to the slave are going bad giving us all the air? I'm planning to remove the line from the master and vacuum test the master to see if it's holding, then test the line side the same way.
Thanks for any help or ideas.
