BLACK'98DSM
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A few nights back I was out for a ride and race in my Eclipse. It was my first time truly opening the car up since my recent modifications. I was in the middle of absolutely smoking an SS S10 when I suddenly lost all clutch pressure when shifting into 3rd. Immediately I took it out of gear and killed the engine. Popped the hood and got out to diagnose, I checked the clutch fluid reservoir and it was empty. Looked down and saw fluid all over the crossmember and that the slave cylinder was cracked wide open.
2 or 3 years ago I put an Exedy slave cylinder on it. I've trusted Exedy products for a long time and never had a single issue from them, until now. I was just curious if this is something you guys have ever experienced, or if mine just had a casting defect. Or maybe my clutch pressures were way too high for an OEM replacement part. With how quickly I was mashing the pedal down. I'm also wondering if it has something to do with the stiffer pressure plate I have. It's only a stage 1, but takes a noticeably larger amount of force to push the pedal and possibly that was over-stressing the slave cylinder.
For now I bought one from RockAuto just to get the car moving again soon. But if anyone knows of an upgraded slave cylinder let me know. Or if anyone who runs theirs hard has a good replacement recommendation let me know too. Thanks. It's embarrassing to be winning the race and then suddenly they catch up because you can't shift into 4th. Lol
2 or 3 years ago I put an Exedy slave cylinder on it. I've trusted Exedy products for a long time and never had a single issue from them, until now. I was just curious if this is something you guys have ever experienced, or if mine just had a casting defect. Or maybe my clutch pressures were way too high for an OEM replacement part. With how quickly I was mashing the pedal down. I'm also wondering if it has something to do with the stiffer pressure plate I have. It's only a stage 1, but takes a noticeably larger amount of force to push the pedal and possibly that was over-stressing the slave cylinder.
For now I bought one from RockAuto just to get the car moving again soon. But if anyone knows of an upgraded slave cylinder let me know. Or if anyone who runs theirs hard has a good replacement recommendation let me know too. Thanks. It's embarrassing to be winning the race and then suddenly they catch up because you can't shift into 4th. Lol