Re: strange clutch

[James Montebello <jamesm@domain.elided>]

I had the slave cylinder die in my Berlina recently, and the symptom was
that the pedal went 99% of the way to the floor, with just a bit of travel
at the very bottom.  Clutch action was "grabby".  No leaks.

Turned out that the seal failed, and filled the "bellows" that functions as
a dirt barrier.  This held the fluid, and allowed the clutch cyulinder to 
work in a highly "elastic" way.  It would eventually have popped off or
burst.  Removing it with all that fluid was very messy.

james montebello

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Obie Fayth wrote:

> Bob,
> 	If you rest your foot on the clutch pedal and it sinks to the floor your 
> clutch master cylinder is bad. Sometimes you can get a little travel out of 
> it by pressing the pedal quickly. If the system is leaking fluid the slave 
> cylinder is most likely shot. If you replace/rebuild one, you should 
> replace/rebuild them both as they wear out at almost exactly the same time. 
> I had the slave cylinder replaced on my alfetta once and on the drive home 
> from the mechanic's the master went out... The new seals in one can usually 
> overpower the old seals in the other.
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> -Obie
> Tacoma, Wa.
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