I thought the legend was the other way round. If you replace the clutch slave the master will often soon fail. I have seen a lot more leaking slaves than masters so I would think the slave has a shorter life. It lives in a harsher environment with much broader temperature swings. The master leads a cozy life by comparison. Mark Jim Felder wrote: >> >> >> Any other old Vanagon tales like this? >> >> Robert >> >> 1982 Westfalia >> > > If you replace a vanagon clutch master cylinder, the slave will soon > fail. Actually, it's the need to bleed the system again several weeks > after the swap that makes it seem that way. > > > Jim > |
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