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Date:         Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:54:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder
Comments: To: vanagonvw <ac.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <47001559.6030609@gmail.com>
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How did the slave fail? Is it leaking or just kind of frozen?

The reason I ask is that when I had the trans out in August upon reinstallation the slave would not work -it seemed frozen, but no leaks visible.

Somehow, while detached from the clutch arm, the piston had slid past its normal travel point. It could be that someone stepped on the clutch while the slave was detached from the arm.

I removed the slave without opening the lines, pulled off the plunger/boot, and with a 12mm socket and a c-clamp pushed the piston back up into the cylinder. Reassembled, and everything worked fine.

HTH (with a tip of the hat to Dennis Haynes!)

--- vanagonvw <ac.vanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Mike S wrote: > > At 02:15 PM 9/30/2007, Roger Sisler wrote... > >> Get the master and slave at the same time. About > $110. Dont change the > >> rubber hose that runs from the master cyl > resivour. Brake fluid will > >> eat > >> away at most rubber replacements. > > > > CIP1 carries the correct (blue) brake fluid hose: > > > http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VHD%2DN20%2D3501 > > > > Sold by the meter. You need about 700mm. > > > As I mentioned, the master and the slave were > replaced at the same time > not long ago. No need to replace the master, or any > of the hoses. It was > just a crappy slave cylinder. > > Has anyone replaced their slave cylinder in recent > memory? Just > wondering where you bought it, and if its still > working okay :-) I don't > like buying the same part, from the same vendor, > when the first one > failed so dramatically, and so quickly. The original > one lasted 150K > miles. Be nice if the replacement part had gone even > half of that.... > > Thanks, > > John >

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