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clutch, socket retainer, traffic stops



In message <9702241517.AA10536@nj2.n-jcenter.com> Mike Arman writes:

> Next morning, the car is fine, and the clutch actuates correctly in the top
> half of the pedal range. The clutch, pressure plate and throwout bearing are
> new, brake fluid in resevoir at correct levels, no 'orrible nasties dripping
> from the clutch master cyl, but area around slave is grubby. If this is a
> bad slave cylinder, how much of a pia is it to remove and replace? The kit
> is only $18.00.

There are two seals in the master cylinder - the inner (for pressure and 
clutch  actuation) and the outer (to keep the nasty gundge in).
 
I suspect the inner might have gone even though the outer seems intact.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club