!@#$%^& Slave cylinder!

[fuzion]

Drive to work.. car is fine

Get back in car about an hour later.. clutch is on the floor, look under car -- a wet spot; figure it's water cause it so early

Open hood, master cylinder is empty.. and its not water under meh car it's fluid

This will be the 2nd time ive replaced it...

IM BROKE THO#%^#!%!#!

[bbandit]

lol yea I've replaced my slave cylinder 4 times since last fall. I blew my master cylinder once too.Dont worry you're not the only one.

[USDMSTALKER]

your lucky i have the master cylinder leaking fluid into the car

[Bandit240]

Yall do know that you can get a rebuild kit for the master and slave cylinders from AutoZone for under $10 ea? I spent all of $6 to rebuild the one in my Datsun 620 truck, and its not that hard. Pretty much just a new boot,gasket and spring.

[marshun]

for some reason after like a month or two my fluid for the clutch is brown. :P

[fuzion]

i just replaced the whole thing.. its $17 for a remanufactured one..

[Bandit240]

That works too. But if you like me and want to be more hands on rebuild it. Im the kind of person that prefers doing EVERYTHING to my own cars(hmm that might just be why someof them dont run worth a damn)

[fuzion]

I live in an apartment complex.. and the car broke down at work in the parking lot in the sun, so I went with the less hands on and saved myself 5 minutes...

[vboyq]

i remember hearing from a mechanic that if your slave is bad consistently, then you might want to replace your master. a bad master cylinder will make your new slaves go bad time and again

[drftsil8ty]

I dont know if you guys experienced it or not but i replaced my slave cylinder and my clutch pedal still goes to the floor when i get back in it...help anyone!

[vboyq]

maybe there is still air in there... when i did it it took forever to bleed the d@mn thing.when you think you're done you might wanna get under the car and oush back against the rod on the slave to get some fluid back through the piston of the master, thats what did it for me

[Bandit240]

Ahh now comes the bleeding problems. I did this little trick. I removed the dmapner box (what ever the hell it is for i dont know) and bent the hardline to connect to the slave, thus making it VERY easy to bleed. Takes 2 people now, well i think most of yall know how to bleed the clutch so ill shut up now.

[vboyq]

ive seen the line and im afraid that bending it will brake it... although i would like to remove that studid box.

to anyone that has bent that hardling, does it feel like it will easily break? gonna be rough if i break it when i bend it!! my dad thinks it will break

[Bandit240]

It wont break. I bent the one on my car and its still holding up after a year like that. Now the thermostat thats another problem

[vboyq]

does it feel stiff though, like it would take a GOOD amount of pressure before it snaps. or does it feel frail like if your not careful when you bend it will snap?

[[Zero-S]]

The only way you'll break that line is if you're five years old with a pair of vise-grips. Seriously.

To break that line you first have to kink it, then bend it back and forth about ten times, it'll break at the kink. Of course, step one when removing the dampener is to not kink the line. Take your time, do it right.

[vboyq]

sounds good to me.. maybe ill get around to diong that after i get the sr started.. besides i hear that dampening box is a pain in the *** with an upgraded clutch

[[Zero-S]]

Dampener is a pita with the stock clutch. Nissan put it there to piss us off.

[fuzion]

My car doesn't have a clutch dampner on it.. it didn't come with one when I bought it o_O