es

OK, I've been through the hydraulics before but both times now I've gotten my *** kicked trying to bleed the air from the system!

I have an ezi-bleed, pressurized the master cylinder to 10PSI, taped the bleeder valve threads, have a hose running from the bleeder valve to a jar of fresh fluid & I can see air coming out. Once the bubbles stop I tighten bleeder valve & I still have no clutch!

Pump the pedal 20-30 times to push the air around & go at it again with the same results...

Last time I replaced the master, line & follower & got it to work by pressurizing the reservoir.

So, any suggestions to get the air out more effectively?

skunks

sounds like you got a leak...

maxcooper

Did you drop the little BB that the slave bleeder screw pushes on? I did that once and the clutch didn't work until I put it back in. Make sure you put the little BB (small chrome sphere) in the bleeder screw hole on the slave cylinder before you install the bleeder screw.

-Max

es

That's a good point Max, I forgot all about that little check ball. (probably because it rolled along the garrage floor & down my driveway many days ago!)

Forturnately I have 2 spare slave cylinders to ****** the ***** from...

Rated R1

You said ****** the *****.

es

Umm, Yea Rated R, I did say that...

Anyhow, it turns out Mazda has revised the clutch slave cylinder replacing the check ball & bleed valve with a standard brake system style bleeder. In fact it looks identical to the rear brake bleeder (which means it's smaller & has different thread than the prev. slaves)! I'd post a pic but...

This means you can now bleed the clutch like a brake system (have someone hold the pedal to the floor while you crack open the valve)

BUT, that wasn't my problem anyhow. My stupid *** put the dam disk in backwards so the clutch slave was always fully extended! (Yes Rated R I said "Always fully extended"!)

So, I took an hour off to cool down, wash some clothes, cook a steak then went back under. I got the gearbox off, flipped the disk, & had the box, Drive shaft & PPF back together in 2 hours. Not bad considering I didn't even have a helper to crank the jacks! (Yes Rated R, I said "Crank the jack"!)

DBreeze

I have found myself in this boat too now. I have installed an ACT Z65-HD00, SRmotorsports 11lbs flywheel, and Rx7store SS brake line. No matter how many times I bleed the dam system I cannot get the Tranny in gear unless the rotor is not on. I was at a point where I was going to take my toy to Mariah's MS and have them fix what I ****'ed up.

Es, "nice shoes"

I would like to say a big THANK YOU for posting here what you went thru and what you found to remedy the problem. You saved me a lot of time, money, and hassle. Any time you are in Southern California PM me and I would like to take you out to lunch or buy you a few beers.

On the road again
Spind'in all my time on the road again