Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 06:17:31 GMT From: Malcolm Mason <mwm1XXXnopsamedu> Subject: Re: More Clutch Problems
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:35:54 +0200, Petri Kirves <pkirvesnopsamut.fi> wrote: >On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Malcolm Mason wrote: > >> If my count is correct this will be the fourth slave to have failed, >> Three in the last two months. Peter Kirves wrote: >I would gu:ess that the brake fluid is disappearing through the slave >cylinder rubber seal. I once had very similar symptoms with a 99 when >changed clutch and slave cylinder. It worked fine for a week or two, then >one morning pedal went to floor. The reason, I believe, was that I forgot >to apply the special rubber grease to seals. Because - to be honest - I >dismantled the assembly several times, changed seals, bleeded air, etc >etc. And again, after some days of drive there was no clutch. It was the >fifth time or so when I read the instructions really carefully and did >apply the rubber grease. Since then the clutch operated flawlessly. Was this a new slave cylinder that you intalled? Do the not come from the supplier pre-lubed? Malcolm Mason