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Old Oct 23, 2019 | 04:17 PM
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Trying to bleed the clutch . Can move clutch fork to the back of the car but Carnt move it forward by hand .will it only move under force.Any good tips on bleeding.does everything look right in the picture. It’s a 5spd set up
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Old Oct 23, 2019 | 05:27 PM
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You shouldn't need to move the clutch fork arm at all the slave cylinder has a bleed nipple on the back - just bleed it like you would the brakes.

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Old Oct 23, 2019 | 05:32 PM
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I’ve been on it all day doing a gearbox swap .Does everything in the picture look right to you. My clutch fork is from a newage 5 spd on a uk2000 box
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Old Oct 23, 2019 | 07:34 PM
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Clutch fork is the same for both classic and newage. The spring takes up any slack in the mechanism.

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Old Oct 23, 2019 | 07:55 PM
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Cheers Don the 2 man bleeding method worked perfect .Im doing a auto to manual swap on my ez30 legacy nearly finished it
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