[V8] 1991 Audi V8 5 speed clutch slave bad?

[Bobby Clark]

Don't have the flex line on order. hmmm.  might need that.  
 
I'm going to Logansport, IN the week of the 10th to set a new Rural King Store.  If I find any neat V8 cars around there, I might have to drag one home.
 
I'm glad Ron told me about this list.  I just came here to look at cars for sale.


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To: 'Ed Kellock' <ekellock at gmail.com>; 'Bobby Clark' <bobbyclark23 at yahoo.com>; v8 at audifans.com
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 9:52 PM
Subject: RE: [V8] 1991 Audi V8 5 speed clutch slave bad?

IME the master is under the dash inside the car while the slave is under the
car ... IMO there really is little economy gained in doing both at once.  

I recommend starting by bleeding the clutch ... 

If you still have problems with sticking clutch and you don't see brake
fluid leaking at the weep hole at the bottom of the bellhousing I would do
the clutch M/C first ... much less grime involved.  If your car still has
the original M/C you will need a 6mm hex wrench with a shortened arm to get
to one of the mounting bolts.  

I suspect you don't have the flexible line on order anyway.  If doing the
bleed & M/C don't do the trick, order the flex line and tackle the slave ...


Good luck!
Steve Buchholz

-----Original Message-----

I had a similar experience after I had owned my 5-speed for some time.  I
would pull the pedal up and keep driving, which I did for some time.  I
eventually replaced the slave cylinder.  I very soon thereafter had to
replace the master cylinder as well.  If you're doing the work yourself and
your time is not in high demand, do it all at once.  If otherwise, have both
replaced at the same time.

Ed



-----Original Message-----

... chances are all you need is to bleed the clutch fluid.  I've got 2 ...
now that I think about it, I probably did the clutch slave when I had the
engine out of #2 ... but #344 is running with the original.  Every so often
the pedal will stick down, but if you pull the pedal up manually it exposes
the equalization port in the M/C, which usually allows more fluid in.  As
you found, pumping the clutch can help keep you going until you have a
chance to do the bleed.  

If anything is in need of replacement it is the flexible hose that goes from
the firewall to the slave cylinder ... If you are doing the slave, you
should do the line too.  The slave is at the top of the bellhousing, and
there's the Procon Ten cables in the area too ... kinda tough to get at IMO.

Steve Buchholz

-----Original Message-----

Hi guys,
 
Slave cylinder hard to get to on a V8?
 
I'm Bob Clark from Bellevue, Nebraska.  Ron told me about this website so I
joined the list.  I had a thread with pics of my car and pics of my original
window sticker on audi world:
http://forums.audiworld.com/showthread.php?p=24205473&posted=1#post24205473
 
The clutch pedal stuck to the floor on the V8 on Thursday so I had it towed
home.  I would pull it up with my toe and as soon as I pushed it would kinda
spring to the floor again and stick.  After a day stuck to the floor I
decided to pump it up and down fast with my hand, and it started working
again!  I ordered a new clutch master and clutch slave for it from
rockauto.  So I'm going to be changing the slave and it doesn't look very
easy to get to.  Any suggestions on getting to the slave cylinder?
 
Thanks,
 
Bob