had the trans am towed home

[Lt1_8U]

:evil: I was in haledon about to stop at a light and..i push the clutch in and it goes all the way to the floor without any resistance and the car craps out. i start it and i push the clutch in, again no resistance, so it wont go into gear. i had 2 cops push my car into a parkinglot and then AAA brought it to my house. my dad thinks it might be something with thew slave cylinder because clutches dont just stop working like that. any ideas? i really need to fix this thing.


~jim

[GP99GT]

yep sounds like either theres no fluid in it, or i THINK theres a clip or something that happens to fall off/come loose from those T56's? someone else would know better than me. someone here had the same problem a little while ago, check the tech forums

[deadtrend1]

:evil: I was in haledon about to stop at a light and..i push the clutch in and it goes all the way to the floor without any resistance and the car craps out. i start it and i push the clutch in, again no resistance, so it wont go into gear. i had 2 cops push my car into a parkinglot and then AAA brought it to my house. my dad thinks it might be something with thew slave cylinder because clutches dont just stop working like that. any ideas? i really need to fix this thing.


~jim

i guess you can check the basics such as to make sure the pedal is still connected to the pushrod thingy to the master cylinder, and maybe pop the slave off and make sure that it didn't slip off the fork.

Thats the most half assed tech response that I could have typed.

[Lt1_8U]

thanks matt.. yeah haha but hey it still got your point across

[deadtrend1]

thanks matt.. yeah haha but hey it still got your point across

yea .. LT1 T56's use a "pull style" clutch. Theres a pushrod that comes out of the slave, and pushes the end on the fork. Its on the underneath on drivers side with the braided line going to it. Thats what I ment.

Or maybe your pedal came disconnected.

[Lt1_8U]

i just jacked the car up and looked at it. there is no fluid in the cylinder. so thats a leak lol. i looked under neath and there is a leak. from where the black plastic piece(im guessing slave cylinder) connects to the transmission. the braided hose, from the plastic cylinder leads to the black piece. when i put fluid in it leaked out of where the slave cylinder connected to the transmission. what do i have to do to fix the problem?

[90FormulaWS6]

new slave cylinder

[Lt1_8U]

yeah i figured that one lol. when i install it do i have to do anything fancy? or is it a bolt right on set-up. ive never had a manual car before so im all new to this.

[madness410]

yeah i had this problem a while back. turned out the line that connects the master cylander to the slave cylinder blew off. i just replaced both the master and the slave.

beleive it or not you can drive without using the clutch at all..thats how i got it home hahah. sometimes i drive around with my left foot out the window.

[madness410]

yeah i figured that one lol. when i install it do i have to do anything fancy? or is it a bolt right on set-up. ive never had a manual car before so im all new to this.

gonna have to add fluid and bleed it out...mine was hard because both the master and slave were brand new

[Lt1_8U]

okay but does the slave cylinder connect right to the trans. like how does it connect and function lol if that makes any sense. i just want to know what im in for before i take the old one off

[madness410]

well if 4th gens are anything like 3rd gens, should just be 2 bolts that push it to the bellhousing. my REAL helpful advice, when u get the bleeding the system out, dont tighten the bleeder screw too hard on the slave cylinder, you can 'incredible hulk' it and destroy the threads on it, and off to autozone you go. pain in the assss haha

[Teds89IROC]

this is 69novaguy from my brothers computer and name because my computer is messed up and i forgot i was on his name hahal, yeah well i dnt know my own strength haha jk . yeah its just two bolts. one more thing, can i just buy the cylinder? do i have to buy the tubing and everything?

[madness410]

lol, yeah well i dnt know my own strength haha jk . yeah its just two bolts. one more thing, can i just buy the cylinder? do i have to buy the tubing and everything?

when i bought it i just got the slave cylinder from advanced.

[Slo86Bird]

duct tape.

[madness410]

im pretty sure u can re-use the tubing...unless theres a leak in it or something

[deadtrend1]

duct tape.

Yey, another helpful and intelligent post.



Usually they will only sell the slave cylinder.

[Lt1_8U]

yepp just ordered it about an hour ago and going in 20 to pick it up. its just the slave cylinder and its only $110.00. hopefully i dnt have to change the master cylinder as well:| what do i do to bleed the system?

[madness410]

yepp just ordered it about an hour ago and going in 20 to pick it up. its just the slave cylinder and its only $110.00. hopefully i dnt have to change the master cylinder as well:| what do i do to bleed the system?

buy alot of dot3 brake fluid, you are going to need it. fill the reseviour, u are going to need a friend. have ur friend push the clutch in, when he does you have to unscrew the bleeder screw, air will come out...repeat this for like 15 minutes until you get pressure. remember not to tighten the bleeder screw too hard.

[Lt1_8U]

okay, thanks a lot man, its the same as bleeding brakes pretty much.lol


~jim

[Lt1_8U]

there is no resistance to the clutch still and there is no bleeder valve on the slave cylinder...how do i bleed it????

[madness410]

are u sure?...its on top of the slave facing the undercarraige

[Lt1_8U]

i got it all taken care of lol thanks for the help, it was a pain in the ass. what happened was the rod that extends from the slave cylinder fell out of the fork or the fork fell off the rod.

thanks for al lthe help guys!

[madness410]

hey man no problem :lol:

[ar0ck]

Glad to hear you got it fixed, now that your the expert you can come over and fix my car now :lol:

[Lt1_8U]

haha yeah:lol:. i knocked my self out btw doing this. when i pulled the old slave cylinder out the metal tubing on the inside slid out and out of reaction i moved my head reall fast and i bashed it agains the transmission haha. i got dizzy and i like passed out and was laying there and i came to like 20 min later it was weird i felt really tired and comfortable but when i woke up my head was killing me and i felt sick.. almost felt like a daydream haha

[Savage_Messiah]

Damn Jim, I shoulda checked out this thread earlier, coulda saved you all that money and hassle...












































by tossing some JB weld over your way!!! :lol:

[Lt1_8U]

haha:rofl:

the good thing was that the cylinder only cost me $50 8-)


..one question though why do they call it a "slave cylinder"???

[GP99GT]

cause its not the master, duh

[Lt1_8U]

cause its not the master, duh

:rofl:

[deadtrend1]

Im going to use my mityvac to bleed the clutch the way it describes in the link i posted. should be easier. I hope.

haha:rofl:

the good thing was that the cylinder only cost me $50 8-)


..one question though why do they call it a "slave cylinder"???

Same reason you're Primary hard drive in your computer is the master, and the secondary is the slave. It works off the "master".

Sho-nuff ask's .... "WHOO"S THE MASTER?"

http://www.joemande.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/shonuff.jpg

[GP99GT]

bwahahhaha the last dragon FTW