Bleeding clutch

Does anyone out there know how to bleed a hydraulic clutch. I just replaced the slave cylinder on my 09 Tacoma 2.7 5spd. The clutch pedal goes to the floor and stays there until I pick it back up. There is a bleeder on the slave cylinder but I know your not suppose to pump the pedal like you would with brakes

 

It's a pain to get going.

What I do is crack the bleeder, then I assist the fork with my hand while someone is pumping. It takes awhile to get going but once the pedal has pressure you can bleed it like a brake caliper.

 

I use a pressurized source. Mine looks something like this:


No need to pump the pedal, though I usually do (by hand) a couple of times.

 

I bled the system right at the slave cylinder where it connects to forks. All of the air was trapped in new slave because I didn't Bench bleed the new one

 

Generally, repair manual says slap it in and pressure bleed.
Did this many times. Never bench bled haven't had an issue.

 

When I was still working as a technician professionally, no matter what car I was working on (Hondas at the time, but we got lots of Toyotas in on trades) I'd bench bleed first, install, then vac-bleed. Bench bleeding takes so little time, so why not? There should be some little caps that come with the new master cylinder to cover the holes/protect the threads. I'd bench bleed then stick those in and walk it to the vehicle.

You can use a vacula and it will probably be fine, but it doesn't need to work as hard if you bench bleed it first. Just make sure you keep the reservoir topped up as you vac bleed it.

Edit-my mistake, looking at the phone the picture shown looked like a vacula. My procedure was

1. Bench bleed, put caps back on to hold fluid in.
2. Install master cylinder, connect lines.
3. Connect vac bleeder at slave cylinder.
4. Run vac bleeder while adding fluid into the master cylinder until at least 2-3 full reservoirs worth has gone through the system.
5. Tighten slave cylinder nipple while vacula still running, use vacula to set level within cylinder to exactly top line (or where it was before on vehicles with shared brake/clutch reservoirs).
6. Check operation/test drive.
7. Go get more free coffee on the service drive.

 

This! Tip: Fill the reservoir with fluid rather than the pressurized container (less mess).

 

get a hand vac, or a pneumatic vac

trying to bleed it with the pedal is a total pain in the ass.