ok, this weekend i put in the new slave cylender, but it still didnt feel right. i moved the ball-stud all the way foreward, and it still didnt feel right.

whats the best way to shim a slave cylender?
im sick of breaking these things and getting towed everywhere.

it feels like the clutch disengages about 3/4 of the way to the floor. im used to about half, at the most.

pictures would help, but a description might be good enough.

jon

 

not sure why, how much or where you want to shim it, but i'd try using some shim stock.

 

im trying to shim it foreward...

im thinkng of cutting the little splines, braces, extra plastic pieces behind the mounting surface, and instead of mounting it to the front of the mount, mounting it to the back. so it reaches further foreward.

anyone know if their are any "adverse" effects of this?

jon

 

i'm still a little confused about how it mounts, only had one thirdgen with a manual trans around here, but i was just under my truck yesteday and it's a manual. could you just use a longer/shorter rod to do what you want and keep it in the original location? with my truck i couldn't get it to build up any preasure after i had it unhook to pull engine for a rebuild. i ended up getting a phenoix injector kit (preasure bleeder) and using a steering wheel jack to hold the pedal half way down to get it to develop good fluid preasure in the system. damn hydrolics to the clutch are so simple i couldn't figure out why it wouldn't bleed. must just be the way it set that allowed air to stay in part of the cylinders and not bleed out. the injector system forces all the air out and you can do it without any help.

 

the mount is attached to the bellhousing, and when you mount it, you mount it from the back... so the rod and boot go througha hole, and a plate stops it.... behind that plate are a few plastic "strenghtening" braces.

i was thinking of cutting off the braces and moutning the cylender to the front of the mount, so the rear of the cylender and the hydrolic hookup and bleeder-screw are going out the back.

jon