No clutch pressure?

[eclipsed123]

Earlier today I was on my into town and I go to shift gears and the pedal went straight to the floor and stayed there so I coasted into a gas station. I checked the fluid reservoir and it was bone dry so I bought some brake fluid and filled it up. Then I tried pumping the clutch to build pressure but got nothing so I checked the reservoir again and it was empty. I looked at the master cylinder and it wasn't leaking so I looked under the car and all the fluid was leaking from the slave cylinder. I took the slave cylinder off and the rubber boot was completely disintegrated. I bought a new slave cylinder from our local parts store replaced it and bled the clutch from the bleeder on the slave cylinder. The problem is I'm still not getting any clutch pressure. It was my first time replacing the slave cylinder and bleeding a clutch but I assume its the same as bleeding the brakes.

Do u think I got ahold of a bad slave cylinder or could I have missed something when I bled the clutch? I posted this in the newb section I wasn't too lazy to search I just didn't find the exact answer that I was looking for. Sorry for the long read but I wanted to be as descriptive as possibe and any help is appreciated.

 

[bboyalan]

How many times did you pump and bleed your slave cylinder? You should be doing it enough so that pressure is noticeable again. You may need to pour additional fluid into the clutch fluid reservoir afterward too. Also, check your master cylinder to see if it took a dump. Good luck!

 

[eclipsed123]

Thanks for the reply and I probably bled it 6 or 7 times. There are no leaks and I kept the fluid level topped off and is still full. My friend said he could feel the pressure building as he pumped the pedal while I bled it but after I would tighten the bleeder screw the pedal was still sticking to the floor it feels like there is still air in the line I'm gonna try bleeding it again in the morning and see if that helps any I managed to keep it in 2nd and make it home tonight

 

[Afroclipse]

just so we are on the same page, you blled it then manually pull the clutch up not expecting it to do it by itself right?

When you are bleeding the slave do you see the rod extending and pushing the fork outwards at all?

 

[bboyalan]

When you are bleeding the slave do you see the rod extending and pushing the fork outwards at all?

That reminds me of a possible worst case scenario - the clutch fork came off of its pivot ball. It is not very likely but can still happen.

Try bleeding it more while being especially observant and report back.

 

[JohnGrossi]

Maybe the pedal assembly, how many miles are on the car? Is it a stock clutch?