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Re: Car Fix; Probly clutch master cylinder
Posted by RayF (more from RayF) on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:00:47
In Reply to: Car Fixing Question Asked By A Girl, Katie-Nicole, Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:24:08
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K-N, it sounds as if the rubber sealing parts of your clutch master cylinder have lost their function, from age and wear, sometimes from rust in the bore of the cylinder. Kind of like a bicycle pump that plunges straight to the floor. Surest repair is a new master cylinder; can be fixed by a repair kit, that's cheap - - $l4 or so from NAPA, for instance. But rebuilding instead of buying a new one is a nasty job and not worth paying a shop to do for you, and sometimes it doesn't work, for instance if the bore has rusted.
It could also be so that your slave cylinder is leaking but with that, you would see some loss of brake fluid. (Congratulations, they do share the same reservoir.) The line between the two also sometimes leaks but that's rare.
Sometimes it makes sense to replace the clutch slave cylinder at the same time, or for a dheapo like me, to rebuild it, but that adds to cost and complexity of job, and then your shop will want you to buy a clutch disk, and pressure plate. Neither of which you need if you're easy on the clutch and if it has plenty of grab still.
My suggestion, ask them to just replace the master cylinder and bleed the system.
Others may chime in here, including with real-world cost estimates.
posted by 70.16.101...
Posts in this Thread:
- Car Fixing Question Asked By A Girl, Katie-Nicole, Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:24:08
- Re: Car Fixing Question Asked By A Girl, Juan, Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:55:05
- Re: Car Fixing Question Asked By A Girl, MS, Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:11:09
- Same symptoms when my clutch master went out on my '90, Eiron, Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:41:10
- Re: Car Fix; Probly clutch master cylinder, RayF, Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:00:47 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Car Fixing Question Asked By A Girl, Ed F, Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:51:09
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