Clutch Question

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Clutch Question

Post by sportfan » Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:37 pm

I was trying to finish up some mods on my 13' Sport today. I had changed all the OEM rubber brake lines out to the Neu-f stainless ones and front calipers ,disc, and pads for Abarth OEM front brakes. All I had to do was bleed the brakes. That went fine , no leaks and pedal doesn't hardly move. While the power bleeder was still pressured up I bled the clutch . When I checked out the clutch pedal , it went straight to the floor and stayed there. I thought the return spring would have returned the pedal but, it stayed on the floor. Have I broke something or do I need to bleed it more? Anyone been through this ?

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Re: Clutch Question

Post by MadFiat » Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:38 pm

There is no return spring (or at least not of any consequence) - the hydraulic pressure returns the clutch pedal. On my Abarth it took me FOREVER to get enough air out for the clutch to return. Not sure on the Sport, but on the Abarth the manual says 50 pumps of the clutch. It took may many multiples more than that. I am sure I did several hundred.
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Re: Clutch Question

Post by texanbrit » Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:45 pm

If it’s still not returning after a large number of pumps perhaps the slave gave out?
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Re: Clutch Question

Post by sportfan » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:32 am

Thanks, Paul. I guess I'll bleed it out again.

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Re: Clutch Question

Post by sportfan » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:52 pm

Bleeding it many times took care of it. Today was the first time in over a month I got to drive the car. After not driving the car for while it was hard to determine what difference the Uniballs made. It will take another run at Twisted to tell maybe. Then if thing go as planned ,I will have the LSD in the car which would make a big difference.

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Re: Clutch Question

Post by texanbrit » Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:29 am

sportfan wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:52 pm Bleeding it many times took care of it. Today was the first time in over a month I got to drive the car. After not driving the car for while it was hard to determine what difference the Uniballs made. It will take another run at Twisted to tell maybe. Then if thing go as planned ,I will have the LSD in the car which would make a big difference.

Glad it was just some air!
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