Stronger/Better Clutch Slave Cylinder???

[Mike1992]

I've owned my car for a year now and have had the 2600 installed the whole time. I've gone through 4 clutch slave cylinders in that time.... I even replaced the master once out of those 4 times. I'm getting the slave's though my local parts store (O'reilly's) and have tried two of the cheaper versions and 2 of the more expensive ones. After a few months they all seem to start leaking and push fluid from around the piston into the boot. Is anyone else having issues like this? I warranty the part everytime no problem, but this shit is getting old fast.....

 

[jtmcinder]

Have you ever totally flushed the system? Repeated blown seals can be caused by mixing two different types of brake fluid (DOT 2 with DOT 4, IIRC). From what I understand, it only takes a little of either to create the nasty combo that can eat rubber seals.

- Jtoby

 

[Mike1992]

Thanks for the help JToby, I've bleed the system repeatedly 10-15 times after each new slave install. I may however be mixing clutch/brake fluids. How would I go about flushing the system? Bleeding repeatedly?

 

[snipingkills]

That would be correct. It will take a while to bleed it all the way down. I would suggest opening the bleed valve on the slave cylinder and then remove the line coming off the master cylinder. That way all the fluid can run out of the line pretty quickly. Then I would use something like an eye dropper to remove the fluid from the master cylinder. Then refill/bleed until you have a firm pedal again.

 

[Morphius]

I've owned my car for a year now and have had the 2600 installed the whole time. I've gone through 4 clutch slave cylinders in that time.... I even replaced the master once out of those 4 times. I'm getting the slave's though my local parts store (O'reilly's) and have tried two of the cheaper versions and 2 of the more expensive ones. After a few months they all seem to start leaking and push fluid from around the piston into the boot. Is anyone else having issues like this? I warranty the part everytime no problem, but this shit is getting old fast.....

Hmmm..... I put 60K on a 2600 setup and never had any issues, but then it was OEM parts and not aftermarket.

 

[GRNDSM]

Mike,

Something else must be going on here! In 12+ years of using many different race clutches I have went through a few master cylinders, but I have never had a slave cylinder go bad!

Are you using OEM replacements? Are they actually leaking the fluid or are you experiencing disengagement issues?