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Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 13:20
by Oellie
Hi Guys

I'm sitting with a bit of problem, after the new clutch was put in and bled the pedal comes up very slowly when I start the troll...is there a special way to blead the clutch because it feels if it is loosing pressure

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 14:20
by Tinus lotz
Is daar nie fout by die slave cylinder nie?

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 14:21
by Tinus lotz
Het jy die manual gevra ?

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 14:49
by Herrie
Dis info van die Manual:
Air Bleeding Procedure
1. Bleed air from clutch operating cylinder according to the following
procedure.
Carefully monitor fluid level at master cylinder during bleeding
operation.
a. Top up reservoir with recommended brake fluid.
b. Connect a transparent vinyl tube to air bleeder valve.
c. Slowly depress clutch pedal to its full stroke and release it
completely. Repeat this operation several times at 2 to 3 second
intervals.
d. Hold clutch pedal depressed, open bleeder valve to release air.
e. Close bleeder valve.
f. Release clutch pedal and wait at least 5 seconds.
g. Repeat steps c through e above until brake fluid flows from air
bleeder valve without air bubbles.
2. Repeat the above bleeding procedure 1 several times.

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 07:45
by Oellie
Dankie, ons het die fout gekry....dis by die slave cylinder.

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 08:01
by Herrie
Ek is bly dis nou reg! :thumbup:

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:12
by offroadbiker
Oelie is die Patrol nou reg vir die river trip - my gat jeuk al.................

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 31 Aug 2017 07:52
by Florian320
I am not 100% sure if I got the same problem but maybe you can tell me:
yesterday in KNP after about 140km the clutch pedal wouldn't lift by itself as in this thread. I could pull it with my foot. In addition (but I'm also not 100% sure) I had the impression that the clutch would only open with the pedal very far down, farer than usually.
We had a break at Satara and after that the clutch was absolutely normal again.

Then again after some time the clutch did the same thing.
And again after some 'rest' the clutch was normal.

What am I searching for to sort that?

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 31 Aug 2017 08:28
by ricster
I'm not very clued up on this subject, but I would assume that the fluid in the clutch system is old and may possibly picked up some moisture over the years maybe causing the water to boil within the brake/clutch fluid, this may intern cause an air pocket or something like that. I would drain the old fluid and replace with fresh dot ? brake fluid.

Re: Clutch pedal not lifting

Posted: 31 Aug 2017 09:17
by TijmenvdS
I had the same problem on my previous 4.5. If I lifted the pedal back by hand then it was fiine for a wile, unti it worked hard again. It was the master cylinder diapram that broke and did not let the oil return.