What is a Clutch Dampening Device (CDD) and how does it work?
I think my Acura has one. I can't drop the clutch. Well, I can, but when I do, it doesn't behave like I dropped the clutch.
Clutch Dampening Device (CDD)?
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Wow, an auto-slipper. Who'da thunk it?
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Been done Beforesix wrote:Wow, an auto-slipper. Who'da thunk it?
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Aren't they common on new BMWs or something?
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Indeed. Its called a CDV or Clutch Delay Valve.theholycow wrote:Aren't they common on new BMWs or something?
Can be fixed by removing the component entirely, or gutting it.
The RSX's never came with one which is a relief.
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Removing it on the Acura doesn't seem too daunting a task. However, what scares me is having to bleed the system after I'm done. Hydraulics is definitely my weakpoint, and I'm too afraid I'll mess things up and I end up "losing hydraulics" in the middle of the road. Never bleeded any system in my life.
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really simple process. you can find directions on how to do it all over the internet. you need 2 people to do it properly though
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I felt the same way about bleeding hydraulics. I remember the awful brakes I had on my first car after getting air in the system during a brake job, and how I failed miserably at trying to bleed it.
I was thrown head first into bleeding a clutch, not by choice, when I got the Buick running but forgot to make sure the clutch hose was secure...it was up against the exhaust manifold. Due to the car's design (or lack thereof...I am NOT an engineer, I just pretended I was one while I bolted stuff together) I couldn't easily use the bleeder screw on the slave, which I feared made the whole thing worse.
Anyway, it turned out to be really easy. I didn't have to use the bleeder screw. All I had to do was make sure there was fluid in the master cylinder's reservoir and pump the clutch pedal for a few minutes. I'd pump it a bunch of times, check the reservoir, pump it more, until bubbles stopped coming up/it felt right/I could see the slave move properly when I pressed the clutch pedal.
I was thrown head first into bleeding a clutch, not by choice, when I got the Buick running but forgot to make sure the clutch hose was secure...it was up against the exhaust manifold. Due to the car's design (or lack thereof...I am NOT an engineer, I just pretended I was one while I bolted stuff together) I couldn't easily use the bleeder screw on the slave, which I feared made the whole thing worse.
Anyway, it turned out to be really easy. I didn't have to use the bleeder screw. All I had to do was make sure there was fluid in the master cylinder's reservoir and pump the clutch pedal for a few minutes. I'd pump it a bunch of times, check the reservoir, pump it more, until bubbles stopped coming up/it felt right/I could see the slave move properly when I pressed the clutch pedal.
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If the system is like mine, bleeding it shouldn't be too big of an issue. Having an extra person there makes a world of difference.
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bled the brakes on my buddies MR2 the other day and we could not for the life of us get the air bubbles out of the system. idk if they have notoriously bad lines that are prone to catching air or what but the brake pedal went almost to the floor (maybe a half an inch) and then it would grab suddenly. weird