[urq] Clutch MC and Slave Cylinder

[Pasqualoni, James E]

On Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 6:42 PM, Steven Buchholz wrote:

... been meaning to add my tuppence on this one for a while now ...
sorry about the delay.

I would tend to recommend against doing the master unless it is needed ...
it isn't one of those things where the fact you've got the slave out makes
the master any easier.  The only thing you'll save is the second bleed cycle
you will need should you find that you need to come back and do the master
at some later date.  I have found a replacement M/C to be pretty expensive
for the urq ... if you decide you want to make sure the M/C is good while
you're doing the slave, I'd recommend getting a rebuild kit and rebuilding
the master you have.  One of the things I do recommend giving serious
consideration to if you decide to do the M/C is to figure out how to
reinforce the firewall before its too late.  Jeff Lewis' solution seems to
be pretty elegant ... but it is a bit pricey ... 

... getting back to the main recommendation I wanted to post ... The slave
cylinder can be a real PITA to wiggle out of the bellhousing ...
and be *very* careful to try to make sure that the push rod in the slave
doesn't accidentally drop into to bellhousing!  I heartily recommend that
you replace the flexible hose when you do the slave ...

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)

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Thanks Steve.  Good advice-all of it.  Luckily, I just scored a new ATE
clutch MC off ebay for $36.  A deal that can not be beat!!!  I think I will
replace both now and be done with it for (hopefully) a while!

Thx again,
Jim