DID clutch kit.

[M17TT180]

Originally Posted by top_man_eldo

I did struggle to bleed the system, to the point of it being impossible. I've fitted these before, two of Nigels kits and had absolutely no problem. It's not difficult to work out and am convinced that I fitted it correctly.

I may of course have something different at the pedal end to other ZS's maybe? I don't know. Although by drilling that extra hole in the pedal and attaching the clevis pin to it, and therefore lengthening the stroke of the master cylinder which in turn bled the system straight away, tells me that the stroke on the master cylinder is just not long enough (if using the existing hole in the pedal). Even with the clevis pin wound to the end of its travel on the pushrod, I couldn't get any fluid or air out.

A vacuum bleeder is a good example, I have never used one but have seen them advertised.

Could the pedal have been replaced at some point?

[top_man_eldo]

Originally Posted by M17TT180

Could the pedal have been replaced at some point?

Possible I guess, but I can't really think of a reason why anyone would want to change a clutch pedal?

It'd be interesting to see if anyone else has problems fitting these DID kits - I did search for it on Google but couldn't find much info', I don't know if they're a relatively new product or not but the Sheddist kit is by far the most common.

As I said, I'm sure Sheddist's kit did come with a second clevis pin, whether or not one was for the MK1 and one for the MKII, I don't know, but there must have been a reason for supplying two, and surely the only reason would be to adjust the length of the stroke on the clutch master cylinder?

[top_man_eldo]

2002 mk1

[M17TT180]

Originally Posted by top_man_eldo

2002 mk1

That could be it then, mines a mk2. Its possible there is a slight difference between the two and the mk1 needs a longer clevis.