Movement of slave cylinder!

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Mar 28, 2011 | 01:37 PM

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Vincent Hill

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Originally Posted by Vincent Hill

A few things! Since I have had a Low Pedal Engagement since the car was new! First, the problem with Compressing the Slave is getting it back on compressed! The piston can leave the cylinder by itself!

What I did from my motorcycle problems is first pressure bleed the slave which will end up with about 1/2 to 1 inch of Pedal Play. I then took an adjustable rod (Snow broom for the car) and adjusted it so that the Pedal was the floor and the bar was against the Steering wheel. Let it sit overnight and slowly release the pedal. This got me to about 1/4 inch which is about 6 MM. This works by compressing the fluid which forces the trapped air in the cylinder back up the tube to the MC.

I am still looking for a smaller piston Cylinder to give me more movement on the clutch stroke. I know this will increase the pressure needed but I simply want to have an Higher engagement point!

Update! I have been having Huge fun since I decided to FIX the problem! I bought a new SLave and MC only to find out that the MC shaft was about 1/8 to 3/16" shorter than the Original one making the Pedal sit about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch LOWER than before! Now I really am having problems in getting it into gear. I pumped up the Clutch pedal and Held it to the floor with a Adjustable rod under the steering wheel over night! The next day everything was great and took it for a ride (Still Great) Later decide to go for a ride and the Pedal has lost more distance from the top.

I have now removed everything inside the car and am taking the NEW MC Back to the Dealer for a refund. I now plan to compress the slave and pressure bleed the system and slowly release the Slave to draw in the new fluid and hook everything back up.

SInce the CLutch Pedal is plastic I had to scrap my plans to Cut and weld it for more stroke but did remove the Dimple in the sound deadning (Just above the Carpet) to give the pedal about 1/4 to 3/8 inch more stroke and a little more Disengagement area.