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Old 03-24-2008, 11:31 PM
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Default Swapping out master..

Hey guys how ya'll been? Havent been on in awhile almost forgot how to use this site. Anyway, changing out my clutch for the 4th time in as many years and decided to go ahead and change the master as well. I searched and for some reason couldnt find Krap. Anyway can someone tell me if this is a pain? DO I need to drop my Headers as well?

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Old 03-24-2008, 11:36 PM
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on a 2000 ss? no, you do not need to drop the headers.
but yea, it is kind of a pain in the ***. you will need some one with you to put the new one in most likely.
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This should help...

http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...sity/index.htm
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Originally Posted by chuckyt1
thats what i used to get me going. gotta love installuniversity!
Old 03-24-2008, 11:51 PM
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Shiiiiiet..... thanks guys. I forgot all about Install U, my comp crashed and I lost all my fav sites. In the process of rebuilding. Thanks again for all the help without wise cracks. Hey wait.... thats not right.
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The hardest part is just getting that U-bolt back in. I've done it a few time so it takes about half hour to do the job. You might want to heat rap the line while its out of the car.
Good Luck!!
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a second set of hands reallllllllllly helps.
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wonder if I'm going to have any problems going from a McCleod adjustable back to the stock one? Any parts I'm gonna need??
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Originally Posted by Y2K SS
wonder if I'm going to have any problems going from a McCleod adjustable back to the stock one? Any parts I'm gonna need??
U bolt, if threw away the old one like I did.
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I have only done it once and it was not too bad. If I had power tools and the deep wall socket it would of been much faster. I did it solo and took about 40 mins. Stupid star lock washer installed wrong. Took 10 mins to break that bitch out. Would be a ton easier to have someone push in the master while you pull the plunger into proper position though. Sucked for me to keep running from in the car to under the hood.
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"I did it solo and took about 40 mins. Stupid star lock washer installed wrong. Took 10 mins to break that bitch out. Would be a ton easier to have someone push in the master while you pull the plunger into proper position though. Sucked for me to keep running from in the car to under the hood."

Same here, sucks by yourself, you have to be a contortionist to keep getting under the dash.
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Originally Posted by chuckyt1
U bolt, if threw away the old one like I did.

DAMN IT! I just called and no one has one in stock. Gotta order it and they say it'll take a week to come it. Here I thought is was going to be a 2 day job now it gotta sit.
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This is how I did mine by myself. It wasn't hard this way at all.
1) Put master through hole and let it rest,
2) From inside of car, pull master in and hook to the clutch pedal,
3) Twist master from inside to align holes, and then stick a 7/16" socket under the metal bracket on the floor, (this picks it up off the floor and away from the holes to allow the u-bolt to go in),
4) Put u-bolt in top first then bottom and push until it hits the metal bracket,
5) Go back inside car, hold one end of the u-bolt, take out the 7/16" socket and it will slide over the u-bolt,
6) You can do either or here: Pull the u-bolt through using the nuts or go back under the hood and push the u-bolt through then bolt it down (what I did),
7) Get friend (or wife) to help bleed it,
8) Enjoy!!!!
Took maybe 20 minutes this way for me.

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Nice idea on the socket, lining up the holes is what took so darn long.
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Originally Posted by Viper
Nice idea on the socket, lining up the holes is what took so darn long.
Thanks. It's amazing what you can think of when your in a hurry. If I had time to wait on help I never would've thought of it lol.
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I just got done changing mine. I put the u-bolt through the master right before I push it in the hole. I push the pedal down and attach the master. I pull the pedal up with the u-bolt attached and then I wiggle the u-bolt and the master until the u-bolt goes in the holes.
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i did mine in 40 mins its cake.
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so it doesn't make any difference if the trans is in or not huh? I was thinking it would be easier with the trans out. Oh well.
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Tranny doesn't have to be out to swap the master just the slave.




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