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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 12:14 AM
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Default Clutch Slave or master or even both cylinders?

Okay so I'm sure my clutch is bad on car, I was told my bearings are going out and the clutch will need to be replaced. My only problem is my pedal falling to the floor. I want to spend the money to fix the clutch but I don't want to put a regular clutch in it when I plan to be upgrading the turbo and all other components with it in about 6 months time. I've got a new promising job now so I should be able to save around 6k to get all the parts needed for my car's upgrade. Back to the pedal, its like it loses pressure and I can feel it getting light and once it does it falls to the floor, I can return it with my foot and press it in again but it just falls down or it gets a bit of pressure to at least shift. When I leave it for a while the pedal seems fine but if I do some driving especially when its hot out for a while it seems to drop easier. I'm guessing from the threads I've found its the slave cylinder, but could it also be the master cylinder? I went to take it to two shops here in Vegas and all they keep telling me is its one or the other or replace the whole clutch. They can't tell me if its one specific part. So I'm planning on trying to do this myself if possible I just don't know what tools I need..
 
Old Aug 11, 2012 | 08:12 AM
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Its most likely going to be the slave. It's located on the top of the transmission. You will see some leaky fluid if its bad. The clutch shares the master with the brakes. Its not really a hard job its pretty straight forward but its a huge pain in the *** to get at with a wrench. Just ordering a slave is all you should need.
 
Old Aug 12, 2012 | 05:28 PM
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Alright thanks, I should be getting it on Tuesday, kinda sucks the part is in Arizona, and I'm only 5 hours away >_> I was hoping they'd do some shipping on Saturday and it would be here tomorrow but I'll just have to probably wait till Wednesday since UPS never drops off a package to me before 6pm.
 
Old Aug 14, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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Alright I just got the slave cylinder and I'm not the smartest camper here but I see something amiss. Okay heres pics. sorry my phones camera is being really stupid right now.
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I would assume, my slave cylinder is failing because its leaking fluid so the two holes would do the same exact thing would they not or am I just crazy?
 

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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 01:28 PM
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it leaks fluid from the shaft coming out of the cylinder its self and then leaks out the boot. Its completely sealed, the boot doesn't hold any liquid it just prevents debris from getting on the shaft and ******* things up. Your fine.
 
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