Clutch Hydraulic System: Service and Repair

Clutch Hydraulic System Bleeding

1. Fill the reservoir with brake fluid. Raise the vehicle.

2. Remove the slave cylinder from the clutch cover housing and remove the push rod.

3. Compress the slave cylinder plunger using tool J-24420-A or equivalent.

4. Attach one end of a rubber hose to the slave cylinder bleed screw. Place the opposite end of the hose in a glass container filled halfway with brake fluid. Be sure the hose end is submerged in fluid.

5. Loosen the bleed screw.

6. Have an assistant press and hold the clutch pedal to the floor. Tighten the bleed screw and release the pedal.


7. Repeat the bleeding operation until the fluid entering the container is free of bubbles.

NOTE: Do not allow the reservoir to run out of fluid during the bleeding operation.

8. Remove the tool from the slave cylinder and install the push rod.

9. Install the slave cylinder in the clutch cover housing and install the attaching nuts.

10. Lower the vehicle.

11. Adjust the reservoir fluid level to the level indicated on the reservoir after completing the bleeding operation.