I havnt found a how to tutorial on the org on how to do this.... but from what i have understood.... you do it like the brakes right?...

im still not completly sure on how to do this....

all i know is that my clutch fluid is really dark.. and a bit low .... and was advised that i should flush it out and get new fluid... which is dot 3 brake fluid right?.... will the valvoline syn dot 3-4 fluid work also?


and... according to the service manual... there are 2 cylinders... i only found one by the strut... near the resevoir... i cant find the operating cylinder...

also.... i have only bled that air out of the brakes on my bike before... so im trying to use that same concept here.... i dont know how to empty out all the fluid first though.. so i can have fresh fluid.



any one want to write up a quick step by step ?... or answer some of the questions?

 

Not sure what year your Max is, but here is a writeup for a 2K2.

http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/803

The slave cylinder is a little bit difficult to locate, I had to remove my stock air intake to be able to access it.

By flushing the new fluid through the reservoir, through the lines, and then bleeding it out of the master and slave cylinders, you are effectively "emptying" the old fluid.

 

that doesnt look like a 2k2.... that looks like a vq30... i have a 2k2.. with the vq35..

but ill take a look at it again... and see if the slave is in the same vicinity...

the last paragraph... i didnt quite understand it....

 

Oh... and how much fluid will i need for the whole job?... .

 

Hmmm, looks simple enough. I should do this.

 

Sorry........you might be right, that isn't a VQ35. Regardless, the procedure is the same. I followed it for my 2K2 and it worked fine.

With my last statement, I was trying to address your original question about "emptying all of the fluid first". All I was saying was that if you bleed the system with new fluid and keep filling the reservoir when it gets low, you are basically getting rid of all the old fluid.

One quart of new fluid is plenty - you could probably do it with a half quart if you want.

 

ok... i cant open either valves.... even the master cylinder valve...each time i try giving it more torque... the whole piping feels like its gonna rip off the little brackets that its on...

 

All done woot.


the clutch feels softer...

dont know if anything else is supposed to feel different.

 

The picture does show a 4th Gen. The slave must be under the airbox because I couldn't see the access by just looking around.

 

i just got an 03 6 speed with 49,000 miles... yeah.. i'm guessing the clutch fluid isn't supposed to be dark brown.. lol.. should probably think about doing this soon... im guessing the fluid wasnt ever changed and/or bled

 

I did this late fall 07 on my 01 and got the opposite feeling. My clutch was soft and I bled it and now its "hard" (no homo) again.

I used a mity vac to empty the existing fluid first.

I then filled up with ATE Blue and then proceeded to bleed through the clutch slave until I got a good stream of blue through without bubbles. I will say it was a pain to get back to the clutch MC reservoir.