Clutch issues, I'm stumped.

[MOBS]

No-one put tranny fluid in there, did they?

Why does this sound familiar?

 

[MOBS]

Sounds like fluid is bypassing the piston in the slave cylinder.

Would the master not eventually run dry if this were the case?

 

[MOBS]

Sounds like Slave cylynder to me as well. Could also be master cylinder, for me it was both. Master seized up on me somehow and the slave blew up a week later. But i did learn that the truck shifts fine without the clutch.

Yes....yes it does shift fine....without the clutch. So that kinda rules out the synchros being bad, I'm glad it's not as bad as my buddy's truck, it makes this "*****" sound everytime he shifts into another gear. My 1-2 synchro snapped and got stuck on my muncie........I'm so pissed at that right now.

 

[fun4me]

Would the master not eventually run dry if this were the case?

No the fluid stays in the clutch system. The fluid bypasses the piston when the clutch is disengaged. Then when the clutch is released it will bypass the piston again. It will eventially start to leak externaly when the exterior seal is blown out.

 

[MOBS]

No the fluid stays in the clutch system. The fluid bypasses the piston when the clutch is disengaged. Then when the clutch is released it will bypass the piston again. It will eventially start to leak externaly when the exterior seal is blown out.

Oooooo.....dude, that is genius!!! I never actually thought about that happening, in the past, the external seal has always blown out on me before noticing this issue. Thanks a ton, I BET that's the cause man!

So what it's doing is the seal on the piston is probably getting warm from driving and getting blow-by, thus losing pressure. Like I said, GENIUS.

 

[MOBS]

Oh, here's an interesting non-GM clutch issue. Ok, my 1974 260z has an odd clutch....explained: The master will be dry, fill it with fluid, reach under and "pump" the piston of the slave a few times, get in car and it'll drive around fine all day....park it and the next morning, no clutch and dry master. What it's doing, is the master on that car, is a pull type, instead of push type, and the rear seal is oozing fluid overnight into the floors. Took me a few days to figure out where the fluid was going, no drops or spills on the concrete floor the next day, nothing that would tell where it was going. Until time to strip the floors, well, the padding was soaked in brake fluid. That's another first for me, lol.

 

[MOBS]

Oh and here's another first....a full kit that's "pre-bled"? Master, lines, and slave listed as "pre-bled and pre-assembled"......I don't know if I'd trust that to keep it's fluid in or air out during transport. Anyone heard of a kit being pre-bled and pre-assembled before?

 

[DRAGGIN95]

Oh and here's another first....a full kit that's "pre-bled"? Master, lines, and slave listed as "pre-bled and pre-assembled"......I don't know if I'd trust that to keep it's fluid in or air out during transport. Anyone heard of a kit being pre-bled and pre-assembled before?

Yeah I have seen those full prebled kit's offered, but I have never installed one. I have alway's done it old school and just bled it, the worst one ever for me was an 00 Ford Ranger that pos didn't want to bleed for anything.

 

[MOBS]

"Ford"

Didn't you say that ranger was a Ford? or did you mean a Polaris ranger? Oh nevermind, don't let me get started on polaris.....

 

[FastOrange]

my uncle used a pre-bled slave on my 1996 F150, felt fine.