[s-cars] Is there an adjustment on the clutch slave?

Tom Green trgreen at comcast.net
Wed Jul 22 06:15:27 PDT 2009


I am certainly disappointed to read this report.  : > )  "Had the  
hardware replaced."
Now, who could pass up the joy of standing on their head to change the  
master
cylinder?

Tom

On Jul 22, 2009, at 12:19 AM, Steve Powers wrote:

> Just had the master, slave and assorted hardware replaced in our S6
> Avant. Clutch
> had completely "failed". It came back just fine once the new bits  
> were in place.
>
> Steve
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Tom Green<trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Try bleeding the system through the slave cylinder, James.  It is  
>> most
>> likely air
>> in the system.
>>
>> If that doesn't help then suspect a bad slave or master cylinder or
>> both-or a
>> bad clutch.  But, I would start with the easier stuff.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:34:27 -0600
>>> From: James Shackelford <93urs4 at rovershack.com>
>>> Subject: [s-cars] Is there an adjustment on the clutch slave?
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>>> I think my reverse issue is because the clutch isn't totally
>>> disengaged.  There is about 1/2-1 inch of clutch pedal travel before
>>> any resistance.  I am thinking that the slave rod isn't hitting the
>>> throwout arm until this travel is taken up.  Before I take the  
>>> time to
>>> remove the slave, does anyone know if the clutch slave is adjustable
>>> for length?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> James
>>
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