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Subject:Re: Clutch adjustment/bleeding/whatnot?
From:EMZ
Date:Wed, 17 Jun 1998 23:31:00 -0400

On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, David Raistrick wrote:

> Well, I'm fed up with the 80-82 Bentley....:)
>
> Heres the problem:  clutch is out of adjustment.  At least, if it had a
> cable, that's what I'd say.  I dunno a damn thing about hydrolic clutch
> systems (ok, other than the fact that they have a master and slave, blah
> de blah...) and the Bentley is useless it seems, in this regard.  All it
> tells me is how to add fluid, and that the clutch must be bled with a
> pressure bleeder.
>
>
> sooo....How would one go about adjusting the play in these things?  (about
> 2 inches of pedal play...and makes getting into gear a bear....
>
> ...david
      Hydrolic clutch sytems automaticly adjust them selves. Just
leave it alone.  Tihs is one of the biggest reasons most clutches
went to hydrolic control.
                            Eric