So a few weeks ago my clutch slave sheared off and I had to order a FTT bracket from orranje. Bracket comes in and I install new clutch slave. Go through 2 days of bleeding drama(tried vacuum bleed and ultimately a bunch and bunch of the old two person method). Last night, I get to a point where absolutely zero bubbles are coming out, but when testing the clutch it will only shift into gears 1-3 and while it was up on the jack stands, the wheels would spin with the clutch still engaged. Do some reading and came across a couple recommendations of people saying to leave the clutch depressed over night, sometimes it helps to bleed out a persistent bubble or something.

Did that, woke up this morning and it shifted like a dream. Took it out for a spin, ran like a champ. However, once I came back to the driveway, I noticed that it was a bit hard to get into the gears, but it would still do it. Pulled back out and drove it down the street and it was fine. Park it. Fast forward 2 hours, get back in the car, and can hardly get it into gear, pull out of the driveway and I got nothing, cant shift into any gear. Jack her up...again...and it feels like the clutch slave part that is under the plastic boot is bent, and its leaking fluid from the boot when the clutch is pressed. Any idea what caused this? Its a duralast clutch slave from autozone(the only one that was in stock local). I tried a slave from partsgeek, but the damn plastic bleeder valve broke off on me so I just picked up what I could find local. I know autozone parts arent the best on the block, but I feel like 3 miles of driving shouldnt have sent her to the grave.

 

ModMini on YouTube has a great video on how to bleed the system.

 

At this point I'm less worried about bleeding and more worried about why the new slave is spewing brake fluid when I push the clutch any why the rod inside.the boot feels bent to hell.