Slave cyl sucking air?
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Burning Brakes
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From: odessa FL
Slave cyl sucking air?
Issues with the clutch not disingaging and making it hard to put into gear while running as well as shifting, and creeping in first.
On most cars I would have said it was an adjustment needed. But there doesnt seem to be any provision for it.
RPS twin carbon and a new delco slave were installed about 4 yrs ago, less than 10 K miles since but the car sat for a year while I had 2 hip surgeries.Not leaking fluid
Replaced master with new delco- remote bled, no improvement. keeps getting fine air bubbles.
At this point, thinking it has to be the slave and sucking air. I find it odd it doesnt seem to be losing any fluid.
On most cars I would have said it was an adjustment needed. But there doesnt seem to be any provision for it.
RPS twin carbon and a new delco slave were installed about 4 yrs ago, less than 10 K miles since but the car sat for a year while I had 2 hip surgeries.Not leaking fluid
Replaced master with new delco- remote bled, no improvement. keeps getting fine air bubbles.
At this point, thinking it has to be the slave and sucking air. I find it odd it doesnt seem to be losing any fluid.
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From: Anthony TX
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Issues with the clutch not disingaging and making it hard to put into gear while running as well as shifting, and creeping in first.
On most cars I would have said it was an adjustment needed. But there doesnt seem to be any provision for it.
RPS twin carbon and a new delco slave were installed about 4 yrs ago, less than 10 K miles since but the car sat for a year while I had 2 hip surgeries.Not leaking fluid
Replaced master with new delco- remote bled, no improvement. keeps getting fine air bubbles.
At this point, thinking it has to be the slave and sucking air. I find it odd it doesnt seem to be losing any fluid.
On most cars I would have said it was an adjustment needed. But there doesnt seem to be any provision for it.
RPS twin carbon and a new delco slave were installed about 4 yrs ago, less than 10 K miles since but the car sat for a year while I had 2 hip surgeries.Not leaking fluid
Replaced master with new delco- remote bled, no improvement. keeps getting fine air bubbles.
At this point, thinking it has to be the slave and sucking air. I find it odd it doesnt seem to be losing any fluid.
The shaft for the master cylinder
The round cylinder that the slave piston rides on. If it can ingest clutch dust into the slave without leaking, it can also ingest air.
Least expensive part is to swap in a new master cyl and go from there.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kensington MD
If you have an OEM-style clutch, maybe you need to reset the "self adjusting" feature of the clutch? See this: http://paceperformance.com/files/pdf/zo6clutchadj.pdf
It's for a Z06, but my base C5 manual has basically the same procedure.
Also:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1594189371
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1563538204
Could be this isn't your problem, but I'm just spitballing here.
It's for a Z06, but my base C5 manual has basically the same procedure.
Also:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1594189371
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1563538204
Could be this isn't your problem, but I'm just spitballing here.
Last edited by huesmann; Jun 5, 2017 at 09:19 AM.
