slave cylinder help please

[wilson05]

i have a 99 saturn sc and some how i need to bleed the slave cylinder and master cylinder i have no idea how to considering i heard that its really hard but please help if you can thanks

[carguy83]

why do you have to bleed it?

[sierrap615]

are you talking about the clutch or brakes?

[carguy83]

hopefully brakes cuz thats real easy

[wilson05]

sorry didnt specify and i'm talking about the clutch so if you can help i'd really appreciate it ... and the reason i'm bleeding it is because i replaced the slave cylinder due to the old one going bad : ) thanx

[sierrap615]

sorry to say i beleave replacing the assemilby is easyer then bleeding, i've never needed to do it. but you can ask on saturnfans.com

[carguy83]

i thought just replacing the whole thing is what usually happened

[travelair]

I replaced my slave and master cylinder and successfully bled them. Here's how:

You can't do it once it's installed. Compress the slave rod and pour fluid in the line opening. Assemble everything. Compress the master rod all the way and then add fluid to the resevoir. Keep the resevoir full as you draw fluid into the cylinder (like a syrenge). There will still be air bubbles so hold the master in different positions while working the master rod (short quick strokes; you're only moving it a little) until the tiny bubbles stop appearing in the resevoir. The key is to do this in as many different angles as possible to get all the air out. And when you think you're done do it a little more to be sure.

Install the slave cylinder first. Insure the master cylinder actuating rod is firm when you try to press it by hand. Install the master and try the pedal. A good bench bleeding should be all that's required.

By the way, replacing these two parts did nothing for my Saturn. My next project will be to replace the clutch but I am quite worried that it will take too much time, money and won't fix the problem.

Is it really necessarry to remove the whole engine? Does the rear oil seal require special equipment to remove and replace? If my clutch is at fault for the difficulty shifting, then why doesn't it ever slip? Could the plastic hydraulic line between the master and slave be at fault instead?

[edzdallas]

Originally Posted by wilson05

sorry didnt specify and i'm talking about the clutch so if you can help i'd really appreciate it ... and the reason i'm bleeding it is because i replaced the slave cylinder due to the old one going bad : ) thanx

what was it doing that you had to replace the hydraulic system. i'm having issues with my 96 SL2 right now and trying to figure out what's causing it.