Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:18:27 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: frozen, stuck clutch slave cylinder
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It should have been replaced. If it can't move freely clutch action will
suffer.
Most likely the inside rusted up from sitting .
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mark
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: frozen, stuck clutch slave cylinder
I'm just forwarding this e-mail to the group because is saved my butt today
- thanks Tom!
I was replacing a leaking slave cylinder with a used one from my old
transmission.
When installing I couldn't get the piston to move - it was stuck. Pulling
the boot and arm off - placing a 12mm socket on the cylinder and squeezing
it with clamp worked! I used a vice. Yay!
Now hopefully it will bleed and not leak!!
Mark
1990 Westy, manual
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
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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