how do i replace my slave cylinder

[Legoinry]

ok i dont know if any of you have seen my other post about my clutch not working so im going to try and replace the slave cylinder before i go all out and replace the hole dang clutch my quetion of the day is how do i do it.

[510SX]

what do you mean by your clutch not working. It won't let you shift? or it shifts but the car won't go? you got sponge clutch pedal?

[Legoinry]

im trying to change the slave cylinder before i try the clutch, the clutch wont engage at all the car wont move but the clutch petal seems to still work cause when i put it down it comes back up.

[510SX]

You can do a visual check first. Check the clutch master and slave cylinder for leak.

If both of them are good. Check the slave cylinder rod if it's actually pushing the clutch fork.

[NisanS13turbo]

Great guys, I have that problem right now and very frustrating. Here's my problem, when engine is off my clutch and shifter works great but once i turned on my engine my clutch pedal is still good but my shifer will not shift until couple stump to the clutch with force then i can shift into gears with a good amunt of pressure to. It doesnt engage smoothly, takes force. The other day i found my SC wet so maybe its leaking but someone also told me it shouldnt matter if it leaks a little that i should still engage gears anyways. Maybe you expert can help me out the right way. THank You

[Meantime]

If the slave is leaking then it's not going to generate the same amount of hydraulic pressure to move the fork. I just replaced mine and added a speedbleeder and SS line, the total cost was about $50 and it took me about an hour to do it. Easy job.

[NisanS13turbo]

If the slave is leaking then it's not going to generate the same amount of hydraulic pressure to move the fork. I just replaced mine and added a speedbleeder and SS line, the total cost was about $50 and it took me about an hour to do it. Easy job.

Did you have the same problem as i did? TO make sure because you didnt mention it and what is sapeedbleeder and SS line. What are the props for them? thanks

[Meantime]

No, my slave was working fine, but in an attempt to bleed the clutch hydraulic system I broke off the bleeder screw in the cylinder. Since the fluid was filthy (probably OEM) and really needed to be changed, I decided it was time to just get a new slave cylinder. The speedbleeder is a special bleed screw that has a one-way valve within it, so you don't have to worry about drawing air back into the system when you bring the pedal back up. The stainless steel line gives better feedback from the clutch since it doesn't expand slightly under pressure like a rubber line, and it's also much more durable than the stock line. My clutch damper box was removed also.

Keep in mind that if your slave is leaking, every time you push down the clutch pedal some of the hydraulic pressure that would be actuating the slave cylinder and vis-a-vis the clutch fork mechanism is instead being lost as the fluid escapes. In your situation it sounds like that is causing the the clutch to not fully disengage, which would make for a hard shift.