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slave cylinder because the pedal problem gradually got
worse, i.e., I had to depress the pedal further over
time. One of the strange things is, is that I haven't
noticed any brake fluid leaks. Perhaps my problems are
in the "early" stages, but I quit driving the car
several months ago as it was increasing difficult to
shift the car without grinding the gears at some
point.

Guess I'll have to set aside a day to the master and
slave RR. 


--- Dry Ridge Design <dryridgedesign at home.com> wrote:
> I am by no means an expert and was consulting the
> list only a few days ago
> on my slave replacement on my 4Ksq,
> 
> That said, you should be able to determine whether
> the prob is the slave or
> the master by looking for leakage.  When my slave
> went, so did the brake
> fluid...dripping off the trans and onto the ground. 
> Since you didn't
> mention leakage, if there is none, then it could
> very likely be the master
> as the failure would not cause leakage, just a
> nonfunctioning of the
> internal seals.  
> 
> And yes, it was an unholy %#?% to replace the
> slave.  The roll pin that
> holds it on tapped out easily, the hydralic line
> broke loose easily, but the
> slave didn't want to part with the trans housing for
> anything.  Very hard to
> get it off.  Of course, depending on your car's
> exposure to the elements,
> yours may be easier to remove.  Finally got it off
> in the rain on Monday.
> 
> Chances are too that I will be going through the
> replacement of the Master
> soon as well because of the increased pressure of
> the new slave.
> 
> BTW, Did your pedal all of a sudden go to the floor
> or was it behaving
> strangely prior to loosing all the pressure.  I ask
> because on any hydraulic
> setup I've had, when the slave went bad, the pedal
> also acted strangely
> before it actually went totally.  ie: having to
> depress the pedal farther
> and farther to get a smooth shift and feeling like
> it is caught on a
> floormat or something about half way through its
> "ascent" back up from the
> floor.  These symptoms have always pointed to the
> slave for me in the past,
> and an instataneous random failure has always been
> the master.
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
> Stefan Weir
> 85 4Ksq
> 82 Diesel Vdub Westy
> 
> on 3/14/01 11:00 AM, ed armstrong at
> edshred2000 at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi quattro gang:
> > 
> > A question for all you CGT owners and others.
> > 
> > My Coupe has the proverbial clutch pedal "stuck to
> the
> > floor" syndrom after a shift. Either the clutch
> master
> > or slave cylinder is shot.
> > 
> > Anyway to isolate which of these components is
> bad??
> > The master cylinder looks easy but the slave
> cylinder
> > looks like a real PITA. Also parts are expensive
> !!
> > Thanks for any BTDT replies.
> > 
> > - ed
> 


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