Clutch Cylinder

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MyCarIsWack
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ok so ive had this problem fora bout a year now

where my clutch cylinder i think it is,well here let me explain

the cylinder that holds fluid in it and is connected to the clutch petaland the cylinder connected to that that is bolted into the bellhousing of the transmissionfor some reason one or the other just keeps breaking

i just replaced my clutch and transmission with a transmission out of a 96 with about 70k miles on itnow everything was pretty much fineexcept on the way home i shifted into 3rd and

i lost pretty much all pressure in clutch petal

and all the fluid was gone

the arm on the 2nd cylinder wasnt aligned right anymore

i just barely got the car home, there was just enuff pressure to get the car to shift into second and i rode it home real easy not using petal to shift

but than i was trying to add fluid and fix itbut i couldnt get barely any pressure to build up by bleeding, and adding fluid, lots of air bubbles were coming out but once i got them out i was pumping the petal and no build up, so i tried to do it a lil faster and it started to build up but than i heard a pssssssh and all the fluid came outand the second cylinder was fuked up agn and the arm was out of alignment with the shifter fork, i knocked the pin a few times to get it back straight and it went back in, but now i cant get ANY pressure at all in the clutch petal, nada, i added more fluid, tried to bleed out the air, but i cant get any pressure at alland ive replaced both cylinders twice each, i dont get itanyone know anything about this?


SHIFTrl240
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ok, first of all, the one that holds the fluid is called the clutch master cylinder, the one on the transmission is the clutch slave cylinder.

you said you have replaced them twice each, are you sure they are installed properly? the clutch fork should have enough pressure to keep the slave piston from escaping the cylinder. maybe your problem is the pressure plate and not the hydraulics.

MyCarIsWack
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well i replaced both of them today and it workedbut now i need to have it bled properly and the clutch petal adjusted, because now it goes in gear but slips


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