Strange clutch issue, please help...
Burning Brakes
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From: Artesia NM
The dirtiest fluid is going to be in the slave cylinder, that's where all the grunge comes from, it is also the lowest point, so all the solids are gonna fall that direction. The main reason that the Ranger Method does not work that well.
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Safety Car
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From: Pasadena, CA
Ahhh, so the fluid in the master cylinder has nothing to do with the slave cylinder?
Burning Brakes
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From: Artesia NM
Oh yeah, it's all the same system. Works just like the brake system, only instead of 4 slave cylinders (One on each wheel), you have one slave cylinder that disengages the clutch. The Master cylinder is the pump, pushing fluid to the slave cylinder.
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Safety Car
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So with the ranger method, you're flushing the master cylinder, but not really the slave?
Burning Brakes
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Kinda....you're really not flushing the master either with the Ranger Method. You're basically pulling all the fluid out of the reservoir and the line leading to the master. That's why you need to do it several times and pump the clutch 30 - 40 times in between, to circulate the fluid and move the junk around in the master and slave.
Racer
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I don't know the C-5 has been around for a lone time . I had to do lots of research to find the problem and read the old one was bad and they updated it ,can't remember were I read it but is lots of info out there its kinda old now but still reinvent today . The reason I looked into it a club member has a 2013 Z0-6 brought it new list $92,000 after about 3-4 mounts guess what ( Clutch peddle on floor ) YEP 2013 same BS . He changed his or GM changed his fixed ..So that's when I started looking in to the peddle on the floor deal and cane across the info .. It fixed mine.. I also took the clutch pedal spring off and never looked back .. Way better ..
Racer
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Our stuff doesn't really get mixed that good or can trick you into thinking it has.
I'm right about where you are now wanting to flush mine before I have problems which luckily I don't have but my fluid looked terrible when I checked it. Did the Ranger thing 2 cycles and the fluid didn't look much dirtier after the first cycle, **** is still in there
