Thanksgiving Install! Any Tips Before I Dive In?
11-21-2008, 07:38 PM
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Thanksgiving Install! Any Tips Before I Dive In? Finally got around to buying a new Slave Cylinder cause my crappy clutch pedal sticks all the time. I've googled like mad and used up the search tool on here, I got a lot of great info, anyone want to throw in there two cents on how there installs went and if they have any tips for me? I.E " Don't do this...or your screwed." LOL thanks guys, I'll let you know how it goes and take pics as well, hopefully I can have a write up on it a little after the holiday, Happy Thanksgiving! 
11-21-2008, 08:05 PM
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what kind of master cylinder do you have? have you tried the drill mod? have you tried bleeding the system? Im just making sure that you know that the slave is the bad part and not something else.
11-21-2008, 08:18 PM
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I have taken my car to the dealership and to a transmission shop. They both said they weren't sure what it was and said they would replace the master first and if it wasn't that then they would do the slave. I wasn't satisfied with that and had the dealership flush my fluid. It did nothing. I used a mity vac, one or two small bubbles came up, made no difference. I then was driving around one knight and stopped at a light and revved up a few times hard at a stoplight with the clutch in , when I went to take off, my clutch pedal was stuck to the floor! Took a long time for it to come back to life. My theory is that when I revved up with the clutch pedal in it heated up the slave, causing the piston in the slave to bind in its bore therefore not releasing the pedal. Also, sometimes if I pump my clutch pedal like 10-15 times really fast and hard, the clutch will magically start working perfectly, then slowely return to sticking half way up, even cruisin around town.
11-21-2008, 08:30 PM
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the hydraulics in these cars suck really bad especially in the 98-00 years. I would probably try the master cylinder first, either a 01-02 master cylinder or the adjustable master from tick performance http://www.tick-performance.com/cata...ody/driveline/
how many miles on the car?
how many miles on the car?
11-22-2008, 12:10 AM
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Is it a stock clutch? Is your clutch engaging where it should?If it engages too close to the floor then put a shim behind the slave...I say this because I just found that I have this problem and am going to pull my trans and slave to install a $15 shim
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11-22-2008, 10:56 AM
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i just swapped out mine for an 01-02 slave, and my pedal still sticks, didn't do drill mod, but plan on a new master this winter, and if that doesn't work, a new clutch, but, have fun lol. Ive done all my mods in my sig myself, but i gotta say this was most difficult. had no lift, and pulling the trans out while laying on your back was no easy task 
, even with my brother, trying to manever it back in place with two jacks lol, had to call my dad over to get it back in. but with, a lift, and big stand jack, this shouldn't be too hard. let me know how it goes, and if still sticks.
, even with my brother, trying to manever it back in place with two jacks lol, had to call my dad over to get it back in. but with, a lift, and big stand jack, this shouldn't be too hard. let me know how it goes, and if still sticks.