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Master and Slave clutch cylnders questions

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How often should these be replaced, i am always reading about there breaking, My car has about 91000 miles on it, should i just replace these now and save myself the headache later on? Also how difficult are these to replace. Also speed bleeders for the clutch, good idea or bad idea. Any input welcome. Thanks.
 
#2 ·
Do yourself a favor and change the fluid that can reduce he life of the seals. Wouldn't bother to change them unless you detect any signs of leaking.

150K original master / slave clutch cylinders.


Clint
 
#3 ·
man, forget that!! Change them, if you have the extra cash lying around. I got stuck on a damn highway, cause the slave went out on me and I had the clutch pedal sticking to the floor. This happened like a few weeks ago, so I might be biased about this answer. I was at 69k when it happened.
 
#5 ·
As per earlier post... if they are leaking at all change them...

G2Nice - Clutch cylinders don't usually fail catestrophically overnight... they usually die from years of neglect- followed by months of slow leaking - then failure. Unfortunately, VERY few owners actually check all of their fluids even once a month.


Clint
 
#6 ·
ok, to change the fluid and bleed the system what is entailed?
 
#7 ·
limitedsc2k1 said:
ok, to change the fluid and bleed the system what is entailed?
As usual, Jeff Lucius has all the info you need at http://www.stealth316.com and he has a detailed how-to at http://www.stealth316.com/2-clutchbleeding.htm

It's a common task for the modern automobile and there are precisely 3,971,487 ways to accomplish the actual bleeding process ranging from the cheap method of using a piece of hose, a discarded soft drink bottle and an intelligent friend, up to using a vacuum pump to suck the fluid through the system. All of them work but it's also possible to mess up and leave air in the line if you're not careful.