Wow new slave made ALL the difference

[Jon K]

Clutch seems much grabbier and the pedal is SO heavy like a 3x pressure plate should be. The pedal feel now is 100% responsive and I can modulate it very nicely. I wonder if my slave was "on its way out" since I've had this clutch setup. I should be able to slip it a good amount on the way home (60 miles) and should be good as new I hope. If not, down comes the trans.

[Sam-Son]

Is the clutch really heavy now? and is that a good thing?

[Dave M]

Is the clutch really heavy now? and is that a good thing?

supersized pressure plate = workout

[bsell]

Clutch seems much grabbier and the pedal is SO heavy like a 3x pressure plate should be. The pedal feel now is 100% responsive and I can modulate it very nicely. I wonder if my slave was "on its way out" since I've had this clutch setup. I should be able to slip it a good amount on the way home (60 miles) and should be good as new I hope. If not, down comes the trans.

I'm not too up on the set-up you have but I would caution about making too much heat in the flywheel/clutch pack. I would hate to see you 'hot spot' the metal parts and end up with a chattery of a clutch.

I take it you did not replace the clutch master cyl? When I was turning wrenches for a living, I recommended changing both the slave and master at the same time when either one failed. I had too many of the change only one jobbies come back within a couple weeks due to the other half of the system failing. It was a hassle for the customers to have the car towed in and brought the shop's integrity into question as the customers thought we failed to fix the original problem. Which in a way, I guess we did; at least until we started fixing both ends of the problem...

Brian

[bsell]

supersized pressure plate = workout

For equal time on the right leg, add a bunch of springs to the throttle return system!

Brian

[Barney Paull-Edwards]

That plate should rattle like a bitch when pressed,dont slip it or, as somebody else said, you will distort the flywheel,good you found a difference, would have been a BITCH if that had not been the answer! If you can get hold of temp sensitive buttons , it pays to stick some on the rear or the bell-housing to keep an eye on max temps,paddle plate clutched do generate a fair bit of heat,GM/Holden water cool the bell-housing for that reason.

[Qube]

You know Jon, not even the title surprised me...

"Wow new slave made ALL the difference "

What else is new? Paid help that cheap now eh?

[Jon K]

haha

[Brandon J]

Was it the actual slave that failed or did the slave just need to be bled well? Did you replace with the same size slave cylinder?

[Jon K]

Slave filled - pissing brake fluid into bell housing/clutch slip/dripping out of crack between bell housing and oil pan

Replaced with same size slave