bleed clutch?

[my95tsi]

Ok i need to beed the stock clutch on my 95 tsi. Is there a vfaq on it b/c i can't find it. I need to do this soon and would like instructions.

 

[Defiant]

Get some clear ¼" aquarium tubing from Wal*Mart. Park kitty-corner in your driveway with one front wheel on the curb so you can get under the front of the car easily. Pop the hood. Stuff a mess of rags under your clutch fluid resevoir. Wipe off the cover, remove it, and fill it really high, but try not to spill any (DOT 3 or 4, not really a concern, nice cheap DOT 3 is fine). Grab about a foot of your new aquarium tubing, a 10mm wrench, and an empty water bottle. Put a couple inches of brake fluid in the bottle, make sure the tubing is long enough to reach from the bleeder to the level of the brake fluid in the bottle when the bottle's on the ground under the slave cylinder. Lay in the gutter, wriggle under the nose -no, that big, grinning mouth won't snap at you- find the bleeder nipple right next to the front mount, on the driver's side. Take off the rubber cover if present, don't panic if it isn't. Put the box end of your wrench on the nipple, then slide the tubing over it. Run the other end of the tubing into the fluid in the bottle. Stand the bottle back up after saying something rude about someone's mother after you knock it over. Crack open the bleeder, and press the clutch release arm toward the slave. Close the bleeder, let the arm return. Repeat twice, refill the resevoir. Give it about five cycles, that should just about replace the fluid in the system. Snug-up the bleeder without going nuts, remove the tubing, and properly dispose of the old fluid [usually by capping the bottle and putting it on the back of some shelf in the garage].

Then get the stainless replacement line from RRE and get rid of that bizarre accumulator in the system. I have no idea what the hell that thing is _supposed_ to do, and I've never seen one on any other car than the DSMs.

 

[Cirus_93TSI]

if u mean the hydrolic restrictor in the clutch line its there so u cant let the clutch out "too fast", if u buy a clutch masters clutch it comes with a paper that tells u why and how to remove it, i dont know y its in there but it causes problems with aftermarket clutches, ur clutch will feel alot tighter and engage alot sooner and harder without it, i assume its there to keep u from letting the clutch out too fast off a start and breaking things on awd cars, but thats really only usefull for awd, it doesnt make any sense y its in fwd cars also

 

[MNGSX]

Use this not search

http://www.teamrip.com/clutch adjustment.html

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by Cirus_93TSI
if u mean the hydrolic restrictor in the clutch line

No, I meant the "accumulator" -which is pretty much why I didn't call it the restrictor. It's the big, stupid, seemingly pointless piece of pipe bolted to the front of the transaxle and which is probably the main reason these cars are such a pain in the ass to bleed.

 

[MNGSX]

Here is another part of that equation

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/eclipsetech/clutch/2g-clutcumastercyl-guts.jpg

Scroll to 2g pedal pump up.

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/clutchandflywheeltech.htm

I know I'm going to pull that out of my clutch master cylinder.