Clutch Slave Cylinders Blowing Out
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Clutch Slave Cylinders Blowing Out
OK, I've now blown out two clutch slave cylinders tonight. What is it that I'm missing or doing wrong!?!?!
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Clutch slave alignment
I did the same thing like 3 times. it's all about alignment. getting the slave rod into the pocket of the arm. I don't have any tips other than if it's a new slave, just lube it up with brake lube and carefully reassemble. a used one may be damaged because of a possible step that may have been worn in
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So am I just trying to feel for it seating into something when I'm reinstalling it or do I need to drop the transmission? When you say lube it are you talking about pulling off the rubber boot of the slave and greasing those parts?
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it does sound like the slaves push rod is not in contact of the thrown-out bearing arm. Or there is a problem inside the bellhousing ,i would look inside the hole where the slave mounts as best i could and even try a screw driver touching the arm [check for first contact depth] .i have seen arms break,contact point worn into a hole bigger than the pushrod ,collapsed throw-out bearing ,pivot broken ,even once saw a transmission separating from the block caused by loose bolts etc. what is the history here,why a new slave
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Just got the transmission serviced and a new LSD installed.
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It sounds like the release arm is not seated on the pivot pin .Did you feel the slave compressing against the throw out arm as you were installing ? It takes a little muscle to install the slave -if there was no resistance -somethings amuck with the throwout arm .As far as lubing the slave -just brake fluid .Bleeding the slave is also tricky -Very important to follow the shop manual steps -especially the amount of time to for the open bleeding .
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No resistance when installing. That sounds like the culprit.
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There really should be a limit to the amount of stupidity one is willing to admit to on the internet. I'm not sure I know what the limit is though. This is how I had the transmission installed.....
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Do either of these look salvageable? I just need one track day out of it tomorrow.
#11
did you omit the fork and bearing ? clean up all the inner surfaces using brake fluid and re-assemble the slave it will last a long time. did you really leave out the fork n bearing ? don,t feel bad i have done worse........but they didn't have cell-phones back then so i now deny everything
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Look any better?
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Ok. Will do.