Broken master?
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Broken master?
Hey all, Well, i thought my tranny woes were done after my tranny rebuild over the winter. All was fine and dandy, clutch was still good when i had driveline out (clutchmasters dual friction) and installed a new GM slave. Well, the wife took the car to work on friday, comes home and says its grinding reverse real bad, so im like wtf. I go out and it grinds for me right away once but then didnt do it again after that. I thought it was odd but the pedal felt fine and everything. We take it out to eat, i have too many drinks, so she drives it home. About a block from our house i heard what seemed like a bang coming from the floor area, she didnt know what happened but didnt seem to notice a change in pedal feel. Yesterday morning i go out and the pedal feels like its barely doing anything and its real hard to get into gears. If i pump really fast about 20 times, then it seems to build pressure like it used to.
Does this sound like a blown up master? Time for upgrade or just another stock master?
I do have a speed bleeder and i did try to bleed it agian and flushed the fluid all through with no luck.
Does this sound like a blown up master? Time for upgrade or just another stock master?
I do have a speed bleeder and i did try to bleed it agian and flushed the fluid all through with no luck.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
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I forgot to mention that I did look under the dash and it appears some fluid is leaking too.... so im really guessing its a bad master.
Is it really worth it that much to get a tick adjustable master vs a stock ls6 master?
Is it really worth it that much to get a tick adjustable master vs a stock ls6 master?
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To anybody that was following this, it was a bad master. The rod was bent, also leaking fluid into the interior. My clutch bracket that the master twists into was also cracked in half and the master was pushing 1/2 way through the firewall. So anybody who has bled the system and kept having problems, might want to look into the bracket being broke and also the master being bad!
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
To anybody that was following this, it was a bad master. The rod was bent, also leaking fluid into the interior. My clutch bracket that the master twists into was also cracked in half and the master was pushing 1/2 way through the firewall. So anybody who has bled the system and kept having problems, might want to look into the bracket being broke and also the master being bad!
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Im a bad poster! I forgot to take photos of the bracket, I was in a hurry when i was fixing it as I did not have much time. I yanked the bracket out took it down to the shop and welded it up quick. It seems to be a REALLY cheap piece...Im surprised its not a bit thicker!! I was also fairly thankful that it was steel and not aluminum, because i would have been up $hit creek...
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
Your a great poster! 
I'm sure your post will help others look at some other factors that might be screwing their clutch system up. It would be nice to get a photo of a bracket and have you point out the area that cracked. I'll see if I can find one, unless someone else has one.
Thanks!
