Slave cylinder dead, replacement and causes?
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Slave cylinder dead, replacement and causes?
I was just cruising along today trying to work out some tuning issues then all of a sudden I reach for the clutch while trying to shift...**** there's no clutch pedal. Where the hell did it go? to the floorboard of course. Well, I manage to get it home thank god i wasn't far. Now the question is what to do from here? I have an ACT HA3-XTSS Clutch in right now. Could the increased force required to move the pressure plate cause an early death or were the seals just old and worn out from 100K+ miles. What should I do for a replacement? Replacement? Some sort of rebuild/upgrade?
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From: Respek my Fresh
Re: Slave cylinder dead, replacement and causes? (h22 booster)
they wear out from time to time. Just replace the slave cylinder (takes 5 min max), and rebleed your clutch. Not a big deal, and very common problem.
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Re: Slave cylinder dead, replacement and causes? (h22 booster)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by h22 booster »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was just cruising along today trying to work out some tuning issues then all of a sudden I reach for the clutch while trying to shift...**** there's no clutch pedal. Where the hell did it go? to the floorboard of course. Well, I manage to get it home thank god i wasn't far. Now the question is what to do from here? I have an ACT HA3-XTSS Clutch in right now. Could the increased force required to move the pressure plate cause an early death or were the seals just old and worn out from 100K+ miles. What should I do for a replacement? Replacement? Some sort of rebuild/upgrade?</TD></TR></TABLE>
usually they slowly wear out and leak fluid pass the seal in the slave cylinder , and even though fluid leaks out it will still work, you don't notice that it stops working until you finally leak so much fluid that air gets in the line, and then next time you o to push the pedal .. what you know air compresses alot easier than fluid and bam you have no more clutch line presure..
just take the slave apart and replace the seal or if your lazy buy a whole new assembly, i just replaced a seal in my slave , and its ******* easier than rolling a rubber on!
usually they slowly wear out and leak fluid pass the seal in the slave cylinder , and even though fluid leaks out it will still work, you don't notice that it stops working until you finally leak so much fluid that air gets in the line, and then next time you o to push the pedal .. what you know air compresses alot easier than fluid and bam you have no more clutch line presure..
just take the slave apart and replace the seal or if your lazy buy a whole new assembly, i just replaced a seal in my slave , and its ******* easier than rolling a rubber on!
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Re: Slave cylinder dead, replacement and causes? (prelittlelude)
haha, well i just went to autozone and bought a new one. I kept the old one just in case the need for it every comes up. thanks. 
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