New Clutch doesnt work!!!
Safety Car
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From: panama city beach florida USA
St. Jude Donor '09
oh yea . a question. did you change the line from master to slave? look in line [master cylinder side ] there is a rumor of a restrictor . its supposed to slow clutch action.which in turn goes easy on drive train. there is a [drill mod] to open it up . it lets clutch opperate faster. look and see if possible tanks alot
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Burning Brakes
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From: Burton TX
Originally Posted by patton
oh yea . a question. did you change the line from master to slave? look in line [master cylinder side ] there is a rumor of a restrictor . its supposed to slow clutch action.which in turn goes easy on drive train. there is a [drill mod] to open it up . it lets clutch opperate faster. look and see if possible tanks alot
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Burning Brakes
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From: Burton TX
Originally Posted by patton
was it at master end? what sid drill bit ? drill till its through 1/4 in size.?
yep, did all that....looks like it was the remote bleeder. will know tomorrow when i have it back together
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Burning Brakes
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From: Burton TX
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Took the remote bleeder off and got double the travel in the slave cylinder now BUT the clutch still doesnt work. Im call RAM tomorrow morning. Any ideas, I can't be the first person to not have a clutch work right. I even had two guys come by and help who have done 20-30 ls1 clutches and they are both lost on this one. They suggested changing the master first then changing the slave.
Melting Slicks
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From: cincinnati ohio
Some clutches require a larger bore clutch master cylinder such as the McLeod piece. An adjustable rod on the master cylinder will not create more movement at the slave cylinder, just a different clutch pedal location or "engagment" point. It's a fluid displacement thing. I think the McLeod master cylinder is 1/16 larger in bore diameter so the slave cylinder will move more per clutch pedal travel. Some SPEC clutches will require this , but I am not sure about the type you have installed because I have never used them. I learned the hard way, clutch engagement point was near the floor........good way to tear up your transmission. Hope this helps.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Burton TX
Originally Posted by RAFTRACER
Some clutches require a larger bore clutch master cylinder such as the McLeod piece. An adjustable rod on the master cylinder will not create more movement at the slave cylinder, just a different clutch pedal location or "engagment" point. It's a fluid displacement thing. I think the McLeod master cylinder is 1/16 larger in bore diameter so the slave cylinder will move more per clutch pedal travel. Some SPEC clutches will require this , but I am not sure about the type you have installed because I have never used them. I learned the hard way, clutch engagement point was near the floor........good way to tear up your transmission. Hope this helps.
Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '09
what was bad on hub? was it hitting flywheel bolts? i told you that you would get it right. now that you are an expert on clutch r+r ing people will be seeking youre help. i got ya bookmarked
Safety Car
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From: Hobart, WI
Originally Posted by minytrker
RAM emailed me today and said I had a bad hub, they are putting in a new hub and I will have it back tmorrow.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Burton TX
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I got the clutch back from RAM, it had a bad hub which was not allowing the clutch to disengauge. They said it looked like it messed up during the install because they could see marks on it or something. They said for $40 they would put a new one in. I really did not want to have to pay for the repair on a clutch with zero miles on it but they did bump me in front of everyone and got the me the clutch back in one day. After 1.5 months of the car being on jack stands I just wanted to get put together. I put the new clutch in on Sat and it works like a champ.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Glad to see that you got your vette back together. Always sucks when you get a defective part and you do not know it until it is too late and you have to do the job all over again.