the pin/piston shaft stays in place. Just drain the fluid resevoir (to save a mess) and undo the pipe union then the two bolts holding the cyl to the frame. The cyl will drop down and out. The piston shaft stays with the pedal assembly. Installation is the reverse, a little silicon grease on the new cyl dust cap wil allows the piston/pin to slip in easier. It is sometimes easier to connect the pipe union before the mounting bolts (gives you more freedom to engage those pipe threads). Alistair >Listees, > >In the process of installing a new clutch master cylinder to replace a >leaking cylinder, I am unable to figure out the access to the cylinder. >Haynes, Bentley and Peter Russek address the "how to" of removing the >cotter pin from the piston shaft, and the subsequent removal of the >cylinder, but none tells how to access the pin to remove it. The >cylinder is mounted above the clutch pedal, behind the panel above the >foot well. > >Can anyone advise me? > >Thanks. > >Tom Hanlon >Palm Springs, CA >84 Westfalia |
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