Slave cylinder troubles

[Louis-Alain Richard]

I agree with you John, a hard to depress clutch is a worn clutch. 

In addition to the fact that more pressure is required to move the clutch
when the disc is thinner, also the "fingers" on the pressure plate grow
harder, a normal phenomenon for spring steel parts that heat cycles. 

But I think one shouldn't lubricate the guide tube, as per the Bentley. The
tube is only there to supply light guidance to the release bearing.
Lubrication will attract clutch material dust, and will quickly be useless.

Louis-Alain


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You have a bad clutch.  As the disc gets thinner, more pedal pressure is 
required.  An additional factor may be the lack of lubrication on the 
release bearing guide tube.  I don't know why you did the hydraulics, 
but if a hard pedal was the reason, the problem was mis-diagnosed.  

John