# Clutch Problem! **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [May 21, 2006, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159 "2006-05-21T11:10:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DarkManX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/darkmanx/32/5569_2.png) [@DarkManX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkManX)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/21 "2006-05-24T12:01:12Z")
Did you bleed the clutch properly? its different from brake bleeding. not calling you a dumbass or anything. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/22 "2006-05-24T12:06:37Z")
Dude bypass the damper and then bleed it agian and you will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![DarkManX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/darkmanx/32/5569_2.png) [@DarkManX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkManX)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/23 "2006-05-24T12:01:12Z")
Did you bleed the clutch properly? its different from brake bleeding. not calling you a dumbass or anything. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/24 "2006-05-24T12:06:37Z")
Dude bypass the damper and then bleed it agian and you will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![LDN\_D.K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LDN\_D.K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LDN_D.K)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/25 "2006-05-24T16:35:55Z")
yeh i rememeber i was getting my clutch bled at a local garage, they didn’t know wat the fuck they were doing, at the time i was doing a co-op at 401 nissan they had a look at, bypassed the line and the clutch bled straight away, good luck ---
**Author:** ![DarkManX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/darkmanx/32/5569_2.png) [@DarkManX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkManX)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/26 "2006-05-24T18:40:15Z")
how do you bypass the line, you gotta trach me LDN lol ---
**Author:** ![smurf6x6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@smurf6x6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smurf6x6)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/27 "2006-05-24T20:06:40Z")
LDN DK can’t do jack or teach you jack. He’s only good for getting us coffee. ---
**Author:** ![LDN\_D.K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LDN\_D.K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LDN_D.K)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/28 "2006-05-24T20:19:34Z")
real funny nate dogg ---
**Author:** ![Spoyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Spoyman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spoyman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/29 "2006-05-24T20:24:18Z")
Okay, here is the update, feel free to call me a dumbass because I’m new to doing things myself. I don’t think it’s the master because I got it replaced a few months ago, but I could be wrong. We were told that the way to bleed it is to pump the clutch several times, leave it pressed in, release the bleed valve on the slave, tighten it, and repeat the process, refill the resevoir when below half. We have been doing that all day, and we have gotten the car to the point where I can drive it around the block, but it’s still kinda soft. At some points I have to give 2 or three pumps to get the clutch to get stiff enough to engage. Is all this normal? Do we just need to keep bleeding? How do you do the bypass? ---
**Author:** ![Doba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Doba](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Doba)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/30 "2006-05-25T04:51:55Z")
You’re bleeding seems to be correct, yes I had to bypass the little box too… right before the slave cylinder attached to the rail is a little box, with a hard line doing a loop, do not attach the hard line coming from the engine bay to this, go straight to the slave cylinder and bleed again. ---
**Author:** ![Spoyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Spoyman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spoyman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/31 "2006-05-23T18:53:15Z")
So I bought the slave cylinder, and my friend and I replaced the old one. We bled the line, but we still have a problem. After we bled it, we were able to pump the clutch, and get it into a position where it can shift, however, the pressure goes away. Pumping it fast gets pressure, but holding the clutch in, then releasing loses all pressure. Could this be air bubbles still left? Could we not be bleeding it properly? Was there something we were supposed to do to the new slave before we installed it? ---
**Author:** ![Lith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lith](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lith)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/32 "2006-05-23T19:32:54Z")
the only other thing that can be wrong is the master cylinder… probably the seals on it are gone… it won’t hurt to replace it, considering how old it is anyways 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DarkManX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/darkmanx/32/5569_2.png) [@DarkManX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkManX)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/33 "2006-05-24T12:01:12Z")
Did you bleed the clutch properly? its different from brake bleeding. not calling you a dumbass or anything. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/34 "2006-05-24T12:06:37Z")
Dude bypass the damper and then bleed it agian and you will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![LDN\_D.K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LDN\_D.K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LDN_D.K)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/35 "2006-05-24T16:35:55Z")
yeh i rememeber i was getting my clutch bled at a local garage, they didn’t know wat the fuck they were doing, at the time i was doing a co-op at 401 nissan they had a look at, bypassed the line and the clutch bled straight away, good luck ---
**Author:** ![DarkManX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/darkmanx/32/5569_2.png) [@DarkManX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkManX)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/36 "2006-05-24T18:40:15Z")
how do you bypass the line, you gotta trach me LDN lol ---
**Author:** ![smurf6x6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@smurf6x6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smurf6x6)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/37 "2006-05-24T20:06:40Z")
LDN DK can’t do jack or teach you jack. He’s only good for getting us coffee. ---
**Author:** ![LDN\_D.K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LDN\_D.K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LDN_D.K)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/38 "2006-05-24T20:19:34Z")
real funny nate dogg ---
**Author:** ![Spoyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Spoyman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spoyman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/39 "2006-05-24T20:24:18Z")
Okay, here is the update, feel free to call me a dumbass because I’m new to doing things myself. I don’t think it’s the master because I got it replaced a few months ago, but I could be wrong. We were told that the way to bleed it is to pump the clutch several times, leave it pressed in, release the bleed valve on the slave, tighten it, and repeat the process, refill the resevoir when below half. We have been doing that all day, and we have gotten the car to the point where I can drive it around the block, but it’s still kinda soft. At some points I have to give 2 or three pumps to get the clutch to get stiff enough to engage. Is all this normal? Do we just need to keep bleeding? How do you do the bypass? ---
**Author:** ![Doba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Doba](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Doba)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159/40 "2006-05-25T04:51:55Z")
You’re bleeding seems to be correct, yes I had to bypass the little box too… right before the slave cylinder attached to the rail is a little box, with a hard line doing a loop, do not attach the hard line coming from the engine bay to this, go straight to the slave cylinder and bleed again. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-problem/96159.md?page=3)