Clutch cylinder and slave cylinder replacement...

[Guest]

Ok...tomorrow I am replacing both the clutch cylinder and clutch slave cylinder. Does anyone have any recommendations/watch-out-fors/procedures that can help me?

Thanks,

Lee

[Mike Self]

have some snap ring pliers to remove the clutch slave cylinder. Don't beat on it if it's stuck in its housing--you might break off the aluminum flange that holds it, and it's part of the tranny--you don't want to do that. A little judiciously applied heat will help, but BE CAREFUL and have a fire extinguisher handy.

Also, before you install your new clutch M/C, note whre you had trouble getting a socket or box wrench on the upper or lower mounting bolts, and grind a little off the M/C body...it'll make installing (and removing in the future, and there WILL be a future) much easier.

Finally, install the supply tube in the M/C rubber nipple before bolting the M/C in place. Esp if you have the metal supply line, you'll find it's nearly impossible to install the supply line once the M/C is in place. Feed the M/C into position from the top.

Have fun

mike

PS--check condition of flex hose and replace if it looks bad/old.

[BillWilliams]

(nt)

[jlandreth]

It helps to have 2 people when you install the master cyl.I didn't so I glued the bolts with some RTV so I could get the nuts started on my own.Then I put a box wrench or a small vise-grips(don't remember) on the nuts in the pedal box and then snugged the bolts down.I had a heck of a time removing the slave even though the car had not been on the road since it had been replaced 20 years earlier.Neither heat nor PB Blaster worked so we(My buddy Harv and I )broke off both ends of the slave by crushing it and them making a puller out of a bolt and some sockets and flat washers.That procedure is unlikely to be necessary though.The worst part is dealing with brake fluid.UGH!Good -Luck

[Guest]

4-speed...