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ah. Indeed. Got a nice fine brake cylinder hone? :wink:
 
Guy on another forum says you should depress and hold in the slave pushrod/piston during bleeding. Think that matters? I'll certainly try it while I wait on more parts. And I'll double check the wear at the master pushrod/pedal linkage. Can't help but wonder if this clutch spin situation (which was probably there for a long long time) didn't contribute to the demise of the old gearbox. That old gearbox behaved just like this one (grind to 1st/reverse, bit hard to hit other gears) only it would not go into 4th 95% of the time, had metal bits in the case and on the bench 4th would only grab and hold the output shaft sometimes.....consoling myself that swapping gearbox was still the right thing to do and it's issues weren't the result of this whole hydraulic thing......which I highly doubt.
 
i ordered a master cylinder rebuild kit
from oreillys.....dont know if its
the correct one though....
itll be in tomorrow...........zimmmy
 
I ordered mine from VB, probably should have just ordered one of everything in the catelog at the rate I have to order lately, would have saved on shipping!
It'll be a race then; who gets rid of their clutch spin first.
As you're a guitar guy, I'll bet my '89 Ibanez S540 that you win......
Hopefully these MCs aren't too hard to rebuild, I've only done two so far, one on a 1500 Midget, one on my Opel, neither with dual.
 
ive taken mine apart twice already :wink:
pointy needle nose pliers....

strange....i happen to have a pre Satriani
Ibanez 540R :wink: .....z
 
Wow, freaky, good taste in cars and axes. I sold off my Ibanez Destroyer DT400, which may have been a mortal sin but I had to have a floating tremelo. Love the 540S. Not that I can play worth a darn but with the whole Guitar Hero thing being so big among my kids and their friends, I'm a hero that I can actually play most of those riffs! Kills me how all these 12-15 year olds are so into 80's Metal, love it!

Oh, yeah, M.G.s......
master cylinders.....

You think you have a bad seal in there yet? I sure hope that's my problem and not something more sinister.

PS does your guitar case fit alright in the Midget?
 
Weird, this MC looks great to me (NOT!!)
Dirty MC
 
zimmy said:
i ordered a master cylinder rebuild kit
from oreillys.....dont know if its
the correct one though....
itll be in tomorrow...........zimmmy
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You got to break the glaze in there Zimmy, No shineyness in the bore. Those seals need that fine microscratches from a hone to grab the fluid and seal properly.
 
ill check it out kim.....
mine is new from last summer
but i worked it alot learning
how to bleed it and also rode
the clutch alot while my tranny
was sticking in neutral....

hopefully the latter is fixed.....

the clutch works, it just doesnt hold
the pressure long.....z
 
Well, I've got the MC rebuilt and reinstalled and I bleed like crazy but the results are the same, grind into first, grind into reverse, grind into 4th a tad too.
Still wondering how much slave push rod travel is expected. Suddenly a cable clutch looks brilliant.
 
Try, just try a 7/16 nut between the slave piston and the push rod. Might not help but then you will know.
 
Tried that just now either the nut slipped out (I heard something when I clutched) or it had no effect. I might just have to throw in the towel and pay to have it take care of.
 
What did the bores look like after honing?
 
Nut can not slip out that piston is tapered like a cone at the rear.
 
i rebuilt my master cylinder and i believe my clutch is
working now.....
hopefully testing it this evening .....z
 
Oh, will check back later for your results.
 
My honing consisted of running fine sandpaper in there, bores were okay, not perfect but pretty decent I thought. Seems like there should be a way to tell what's at fault here, I'd get my MC replaced or redone if I were sure that was still the problem.
 
a rebuild kit is only $8..
even if it doesnt fix ur
problem its good to have....

i think it worked for me.....z
 
I did rebuild the MC and the slave. I'm going to bleed it again, maybe make one of these or buy a eezibleed, or something. Doubt it's still the MC, seems I should have made it better or worse after goign through the whole systems so either it's air the whole time, or I'm barking up the wrong tree and I have mechanical issues somewhere.
 
I built my own little pressure bleeder, went under the car, unbolted the slave, tipped it back (rearward portion/push rod end pulled down) so bleeder is high, had son push pedal while released and closed the bleeder, pressurizer still hooked up.
Still the same though. Any last ideas before I swallow my pride and take it in? BTW the nut did not stay behind the push rod so that was never in play, could try that again I guess. It is the shorter rod, as is correct for a 1098 I believe.
 
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