[ Next by Date ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos clutch hydraulics Posted by The Saab Network (more from The Saab Network) on Thu, 20 Oct 1988 12:00:00 Those of us with older beasties are familiar with recurringclutch disease -- at regular intervals, the slave cylinderblows its cookies and we get to practice driving without a clutch.The last time it happened to me, it was all down hill and level tohome, and the only tricks were learning to upshift without a clutchand learning how to start the engine with the tranny in first whenthe light changed.Owners of newer cars (75 and later) have the clutch slave cylindersetup with the cylinder coaxial with the shaft going to the primarygear in the transfer case. The only necessary care is to have theslave cylinder rebuilt or replaced *every* time you put in a new clutch.Owners of older cars have external clutch slave cylinders, and they goout rather more often. Last winter, I sensed the signs of impendingclutch failure, and resigned myself to putting yet another unitin --fortunately, they're cheap. Just in the nick of time, I gotan alfa club newsletter which pointed out that sometimes temperatureextremes may cause leaks of fluid even when the seals are good.Heartened by this, I decided to put off the installation of a newslave cylinder, and just added a lot of Castrol LMA brake fluid to theclutch master cylinder of the '73. Wonder of wonders, it cleared up anddid not recur.So, before you replace yet another slave cylinder, try topping off thefluid. It may save you a lot of trouble.richard w--richard welty 518-387-6346, GE R&D, K1-5C39, Niskayuna, New York weltyno39sdcx6spamx782ge-crd.ARPA uunet!steinmetz!welty``Arf!'' -- Sandy Posts in this Thread:
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