Black95TA

i need some help, i am in the process of replacing my slave cylinder. I got all 8 bolts out going from the trans to the bell housing out, and managed to move the trans back a little less than an inch. I got a 10mm wrench in there and unbolted the two bolts holding the slave cylinder in place, but im not sure what to do next, i cant move the trans any farther back because the reservoir by the shifter is hitting. How do I get the slave cylinder out? Any advice would be appreciated.

CW00BlackTA

iTrader: (31)

Hopefully you have your shifter off. You need to lower the trans enough for it to clear on top and back it out enough to get the slave out.

Black95TA

yeah, i have the shifter off and i got the trans to drop and backed it out to the point where the input shaft is almost clear of the bell housing, but not quite. the slave cyl still doesn't want to come off and i cant back the trans anymore its hitting the exhaust. do the spring and bearing come off separate before the slave? has anyone got the slave cyl out without completely dropping the trans? or does it need to come down?

Black95TA

Ttt...

Halloran

iTrader: (7)

The slave and throwout bearing should come out together. Have you tried the writeup on installuniversity.com? If not then go there and click on "LSX" then "Install Documents" then scroll down to category "Trasmission" and click on the "Mcleod clutch" install. There's a good writeup in there with some pics. Good luck!

Black95TA

Thanks! that did help. i got the slave cyl out but now i have another problem. ball bearings!? I found 3 ball bearings at the bottom of the bell housing! I am freaking out, where did these come from?

99345hp

those are probably part of the throwout bearing, I havn't ever had a throwout bearing out on one of these cars, but that would be my first guess.

DarkCloud

the throw out bearing is part of the slave cylinder... how big were they??

Black95TA

thanks, yeah they are from the throwout bearing thank god, i found a bunch more. and the throwout bearing is part of the slave. they are tiny i really dont have much to compare them to