Backwoods Bumpers

I put my new Valair clutch (single disc) in tonight, put in the transmission (a heavy pain in the edit), put in transfer case and when I went to reinstall the clutch slave cylinder, it would not go in. It wont even go in far enough to catch a thread with the nuts. I made sure nobody pumped the clutch pedal while I had it out. Is there any chance something could be binding in there? Or do I need to bleed the hydraulics? If so, how do I do that? thanks a bunch, -Evan

derf464

Just did mine the other day. Seems normal the plunger is under pressure, I don't know if there is a spring in it, or if its just the hydralics. just push it in. Its a little stiff but you can do it.

Backwoods Bumpers

really? I will give that a try tomorrow. However, I pushed it pretty hard. Almost as hard as I could....... was yours that hard? i held the slave cylinder in one hand and the pushrod in the other hand and pushed very hard. thanks for the quick reply, -Evan

XLR8R

Place the plunger on something hard and push with both hands - it should give...

Backwoods Bumpers

ok, thanks guys, I will give this a try! -Evan

bnold

Shouldn't be too terribly difficult... I could push mine in with one hand and thread the nuts on with the other pretty easily... even with the SBC hydraulics...

bnold

Oh and you think your trans is heavy! The 6speed weighs an extra 160lbs!!

Backwoods Bumpers

lol, i just got it, but it took 2 of us to push it in........ maybe somebody pumped my clutch? me and my friend pushed the plunger into the floorboard as hard as we could and almost dented the floor!! but its all back together now. thanks for the quick help, -Evan

Tim Frederick

thats right its all back together and I can't wait see how that clutch holds up, oh yeah round 2 coming soon