My bleeding process went perfectly, bled it probably 20 times, the last five times there were no bubbles, everything according to the vfaq. It stuck once or twice on the first test drive but since then it's been perfect, back to normal. Do you see any leaks from the master? Maybe you just need to bleed it more, sometimes they just don't want to evacuate the air.

As far as parts go, I got my slave cyl rebuild kit from brandon, but just because they were close and it was a cheap part. Clearwater MAY give some sort of discount, I'm about to search for the thread art posted to see.

*edit* They give 10% off to tr members.