On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:39:16 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 02:47:48 -0000 (UTC), Mad Roger
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:02:04 -0800,
Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:

Paul gave a great explanation.


You can't see the piston or where the rod
contacts it, so you have to do it by feel.

I know what it looks like as I rebuilt the master cylinder, so I know what
you're talking about.

I just don't feel any slop at all no matter how I adjust the bolt.


Lordy this is getting somewhere...

Did you bleed the cylinder (purge it of air)?

As stated by Paul the cylinder has to be relaxed.

Look up bench bleeding a master cylinder... how to


Except you never need to bench bleed a clutch master. Virtually never
need to bench bleed a disc brake master either. You CAN get into a
world of hurt if you don't bench bleed a drum brake master (it has
residual pressure valves onthe outlet) but I've gotten away without
bench bleeding even a LOT of drum brake masters.

MOST clutch masters will "gravity bleed"