Strange Slave Cylinder Failure
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Heel & Toe
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From: Charleston, SC
Strange Slave Cylinder Failure
Hello, slave cylinder went out, but in a weird way.
Relevant Specs: Tick master cyclinder (7/8 bore), Monster single disc (550-700hp one).
Slave cylinder managed to eject its internal metal thing (no idea what it’s even called, I just know it’s not meant to leave the slave cylinder). It pushed the metal chunks through the fingers in the pressure plate and then they got lodged there, after which I could no longer put my vette into gear due to the aforementioned slave cylinder failure.
My question is what could’ve caused this strange failure, and how can I avoid it in the future!
Attached are 2 videos which better explain the situation.
Edit 1: Took slave off, slave wasn’t shimmed, lots of clutch dust so maybe clutch wore down and slave overextended? Not sure if those few MM would even be the “make or break” for the slave. Let me know what y'all think.
Relevant Specs: Tick master cyclinder (7/8 bore), Monster single disc (550-700hp one).
Slave cylinder managed to eject its internal metal thing (no idea what it’s even called, I just know it’s not meant to leave the slave cylinder). It pushed the metal chunks through the fingers in the pressure plate and then they got lodged there, after which I could no longer put my vette into gear due to the aforementioned slave cylinder failure.
My question is what could’ve caused this strange failure, and how can I avoid it in the future!
Attached are 2 videos which better explain the situation.
Edit 1: Took slave off, slave wasn’t shimmed, lots of clutch dust so maybe clutch wore down and slave overextended? Not sure if those few MM would even be the “make or break” for the slave. Let me know what y'all think.
Last edited by C505; Jul 20, 2024 at 05:58 AM.
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Hello, slave cylinder went out, but in a weird way.
Relevant Specs: Tick master cyclinder (7/8 bore), Monster single disc (550-700hp one).
Slave cylinder managed to eject its internal metal thing (no idea what it’s even called, I just know it’s not meant to leave the slave cylinder). It pushed the metal chunks through the fingers in the pressure plate and then they got lodged there, after which I could no longer put my vette into gear due to the aforementioned slave cylinder failure.
My question is what could’ve caused this strange failure, and how can I avoid it in the future!
Attached are 2 videos which better explain the situation.
Edit 1: Took slave off, slave wasn’t shimmed, lots of clutch dust so maybe clutch wore down and slave overextended? Not sure if those few MM would even be the “make or break” for the slave. Let me know what y'all think.
Relevant Specs: Tick master cyclinder (7/8 bore), Monster single disc (550-700hp one).
Slave cylinder managed to eject its internal metal thing (no idea what it’s even called, I just know it’s not meant to leave the slave cylinder). It pushed the metal chunks through the fingers in the pressure plate and then they got lodged there, after which I could no longer put my vette into gear due to the aforementioned slave cylinder failure.
My question is what could’ve caused this strange failure, and how can I avoid it in the future!
Attached are 2 videos which better explain the situation.
Edit 1: Took slave off, slave wasn’t shimmed, lots of clutch dust so maybe clutch wore down and slave overextended? Not sure if those few MM would even be the “make or break” for the slave. Let me know what y'all think.
Thread Starter
Heel & Toe
Joined: Mar 2024
Posts: 22
Likes: 6
From: Charleston, SC
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