anybody ever machine a slave down?
#1
TECH Apprentice
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Port Charlotte, FL
Posts: 370
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
anybody ever machine a slave down?
I need to open the gap between my throw out bearing and my pressure plate, I am ~1/16"-3/32" too tight (no gap + 1/16"-3/32"!!!) and need to be about -1/8", so I need to take 3/16"-1/4" from somewhere to open the gap. I don't know how deep I can go on the back side of the slave before going through to the fluid ports. Anyone ever do this before? If not, how else can I open the gap up? Trans spacer? Any tips? Thanks.
Joe
Joe
Last edited by kwiksilverz; 09-08-2007 at 09:29 PM.
#2
wrencher
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 4,762
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Why do you need to open the gap, I have to ask???
It would be easier to just run the correct clutch set up? I wouldn't want to weaken the slave by machining it down IMO.
Maybe you could get away with it machining thataway from the front plate of the trans, but you could ruin it as well.
It would be easier to just run the correct clutch set up? I wouldn't want to weaken the slave by machining it down IMO.
Maybe you could get away with it machining thataway from the front plate of the trans, but you could ruin it as well.
#4
TECH Apprentice
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Port Charlotte, FL
Posts: 370
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by wrencher
Why do you need to open the gap, I have to ask???
It would be easier to just run the correct clutch set up? I wouldn't want to weaken the slave by machining it down IMO.
Maybe you could get away with it machining thataway from the front plate of the trans, but you could ruin it as well.
It would be easier to just run the correct clutch set up? I wouldn't want to weaken the slave by machining it down IMO.
Maybe you could get away with it machining thataway from the front plate of the trans, but you could ruin it as well.
Every problem I see with Specs have something to do with this gap- too loose or too tight, yet Spec always blames the car "clutch works, you just had to space/machine parts of your car for it to fit properly". It is easy to shim if it is too loose, but where the hell am I going to get 1/4" to take away from ???
My wife is hounding me to just let her stop payment on the credit card- has been since day one because there has been no support from them other than "it works, it must be your car"- yeah, they made my slave 1/4" too big.. Maybe I'll let her dispute it, maybe that would get things resolved. I have had this trans out 4 times since the clutch install due to this and they just keep saying "nope, nothing wrong"- now it is slipping with 4k miles on it and the disk only has ~.004-.005 wear on it, so it isn't like it's worn out... It just plain doesn't ******* fit!!
They are good at saying "never heard that before" when there is someone else here who had to make a spacer for his trans to get the space he needed. So apparently I'm not the only one who found the setup to be too tight. I'm sure if more people measured, they'd frealize it too.
Sorry for the novel, this is starting to **** me off.
Joe
#5
TECH Apprentice
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Port Charlotte, FL
Posts: 370
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by studderin
do you have a stock master?
get a adjustable one if not.
get a adjustable one if not.
Joe
#7
TECH Apprentice
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Port Charlotte, FL
Posts: 370
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Six Speeds Inc.
We had to machine our slave/tob when we went to the Mcleod Slipper Clutch. Mcleod actually recommends machining it and if you need to know how call the shop. Joe can tell you what he did.
Thanks,
Amber
Thanks,
Amber
Joe
edit- N/M, forgot it's Sunday. I'll call there tomorrow.
Last edited by kwiksilverz; 09-09-2007 at 10:03 AM.