Thread: Clutch slave pushrod - Oh the shame

Dont sweat on it. If you mean the push rod ball has come out from the retaining clip that holds it into the pivot.. just use a dob of grease, place it in the cup, then slide the rod into the slave with rubber grease, once you strat to bolt the slave up the rod will be engaged. It cant fall out.

Steve

the secret lies in getting the legs of the clip far enough apart to slide over the fork...

If you have one of the slave cylinders with the assist spring inside of it you have one more option...

Ive used it a couple of times to get people out of trouble....


you dont need the clip, just some thin cordage a piece of wire with a hook bent in it and a knowlodge of knots.


what you need to do is tie a slipper hitch onto the fork end of the pushrod and then feed the 2 ends into the bell housing through the clutch cylinder orifice and hook them ove the top of the fork, behind it and down into the bell housing and out the bell housing drain hole.

(practice your slipper hitch, make sure it will come undone.) lable the line that will allow you to apply tension and when youve got the rod seated into the fork put a weight on that line to hold it in place then when youve assembled the clutch cylinder to the bell housing and preformed a hydraulics test on it (DO NOT START THE ENGINE or if you do have someone handy to record it on video to send into AFHV or at least Utube) pull the second piece of cord and if youve done it right it should all just fall out.

retest the hydraulics and your done.

edit (typos spelling and comment on rover cares trick)

Ive tried the grease thing and Ive never gotten it to work... I know I know it should but its like the traffic lights thing with me... I should statistically get 50% green but I get about 2.


try the grease first if it works your laughing

Here's the clip, and you can see why I'm confused about clipping over the fork.

I keep having the two legs bending outwards and not wanting to get into the hole.






Cheers
Simon

make up the rubber hose the other way, cut a section out of it so it holds the pins inwards,

place the rod down the hole then push it on with a tube between the hose and the rod (same as the series idea)

hold it in place with the tube, and pull the hose off.

Made a very handsome tool out of a piece of copper pipe.

Did all the right things, except that using the tool I couldn't find the slot.

Went with the long fingers and got the clip on.

Then took it off again because the hose doesn't have a spinny nut.

Then put it on again.

Now I've just finished filling it with new fluid and it doesn't work. The pedal goes down a bit and then gets very firm. Master cylinder moves freely, slave cylinder was moving fine before I put it in.

So, I guess it's coming off again.



Cheers
Simon

Anyone?

help.

Cheers
Simon

you know I would,,,


if I could just find that magical kingdom---

Sorry, can't help Si.
When we did my clutch, we made a cupped washer and tacked it on with the MIG, so I'll never have the pushrod fall out, ever.
(as I didn't order the retaining clips for either end of the clutch fork.....)