Series Clutch Bleeding

Hi All
I recently got a drip on my foot and took out and overhauled my master
cylinder for the clutch.
When I bled the slave I noted that the cylinder was installed with the bleed
nipple at the bottom of the cylinder i.e. below the incoming pipe.
I tried to bleed as per manual and even let out air at the outlet of the
master cylinder and at the pipe entering the slave.
Still no luck - spongy as hell.
So I tried swapping the complete slave cylinder by rotating 180 deg and
bleeds fine but access to nipple a bit tight and plenty break fluid in left
eyeball.
Was my cylinder in wrong from before or is there a way to bleed with bleed
nipple at bottom of slave cylinder?
Any advise before I burn out my right eye.
Thanks
James
RSA

> Was my cylinder in wrong from before or is there a way to bleed with bleed
> nipple at bottom of slave cylinder?
> Any advise before I burn out my right eye.

I suppose a little bit of tubing on the nipple may do the job.
TonyB

In message <[email protected]>
"jamsan" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All
> I recently got a drip on my foot and took out and overhauled my master
> cylinder for the clutch.
> When I bled the slave I noted that the cylinder was installed with the bleed
> nipple at the bottom of the cylinder i.e. below the incoming pipe.
> I tried to bleed as per manual and even let out air at the outlet of the
> master cylinder and at the pipe entering the slave.
> Still no luck - spongy as hell.
> So I tried swapping the complete slave cylinder by rotating 180 deg and
> bleeds fine but access to nipple a bit tight and plenty break fluid in left
> eyeball.
> Was my cylinder in wrong from before or is there a way to bleed with bleed
> nipple at bottom of slave cylinder?

You are right, it was wrong. The nipple has to be at the top, so that air
can gather there before being expelled.

> Any advise before I burn out my right eye.
> Thanks
> James
> RSA
>
>

Richard
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