mackei23b
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| posted on 7/11/15 at 06:15 PM |
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Slave cylinder stops leaking by itself?
My v6 concentric clutch slave had a bit of a leak.......but now it has stopped......
So.....why would a small leak stop? Now my dilemma, do I
1 pull the engine out and replace, if it leaked once it could leak again....or
2 drive the car and just monitor it, then if it does leak again, time to pull the engine out
What would you do?
Cheers
Ian
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ian locostzx9rc2
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| posted on 7/11/15 at 06:22 PM |
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Drive it and see.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 7/11/15 at 06:40 PM |
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As clutch wears the fingers on the clutch diaphragm move back further towards the gearbox pushing the thrust bearing concentric piston move deeper
into the slave cylinder bore.
Perhaps the slave cylinder was too near the far end of its' stroke and now the clutch has run-in the concentric piston is better located in the
bore.
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mackei23b
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| posted on 7/11/15 at 07:21 PM |
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Thanks for the comments so far, I've only done about 300 miles with this set up so far if that helps?
Cheers
Ian
[Edited on 7/11/15 by mackei23b]
[Edited on 7/11/15 by mackei23b]
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40inches
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| posted on 7/11/15 at 07:38 PM |
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If it isn't leaking ,nothing to fix. Concentric cylinders are a funny breed, you can knacker a new one simply by
compressing it by hand, before fitting it.
I would be thankful the leak had stopped and drive it 
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arrow-engineering
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| posted on 7/11/15 at 10:54 PM |
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yep, pushing them by hand when dry flips or tears the seal.....
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