I am trying to bleed my clutch fluid before an upcoming track event next weekend. I bleed all of my brake fluid about every other event. I have been using the Superblue brake fluid.

I want to bleed the clutch fluid on my 997.1 Carrera S (2007).

Is the arrow in this picture pointed to the bleeder valve? If so, does anyone have a good way of unscrewing this valve? It seems like it is going to be really hard to get to with a normal wrench.

 

Am I missing something? I track my car and I've never heard of doing this.

Wait a minute. Is this one of those post where someone asks to check out the fallopian tubes or the blinker fluid?

 

I use a pivot socket adapter with a long extension. It's the same size bleeder valve as the calipers (11 mm). Just slightly loosen it, and then finger tighten until you are ready to bleed. You'll need help to cycle the clutch pedal and flush the old fluid from the slave. There are some really good instructions on the procedure on either Rennlist or Renntech. I keep a printed copy handy for referral. Inevitably, I end up with a little fluid on my shirt. BTW, this is much easier if the car is up in the air on a lift.

 

One other comment: my friend is a p-car tech, and he suggests keeping the motive bleeder at 20 when flushing the slave.

 

http://www.renntech.org/forums/tutor...-instructions/

 

Thanks. I have the motive bleeder hooked up to the master cylinder resivoir. Do you know a good place to buy a pivot socket extension?

I wish I had access to a lift. I am just using jack and jack stands.

 

Thanks. I was using the instructions on this link but I didn't know for sure if I was looking at the correct bleed valve. I knew it looked close enough and thought that it was correct but just wanted to double check.

 

The swivel socket attachments are readily available at Sears, Home Depot, Lowes, O'Reilly, etc

 

I recently flushed the entire brake system, but missed this clutch bleeding - how often should the clutch system be bled? How much more fluid will I need to do just the clutch now?

 

I can bleed the brakes and slave cylinder with one quart. Personally, I believe it's proper to bleed the slave each time you bleed your brakes, certainly if you track your car. I'm somewhat biased and/or paranoid about this, as I had a defective slave cylinder on my 997.1 that would cause the clutch pedal to stick on the track.

 

Thanks for all your help. Couldn't have done it without your advice.

I got the fitting loose and was able to drain it. I had someone hold the clutch pedal in for about 30 seconds, then pumped it a few times until all bubbles were clear and then tightened and was done. Is that about right?

 

Sounds like you did it!