I assume you are using the abbreviation "SS" for "slave cylinder"... I don't
think I would spell it that way...<g>.
Clutch 101: The clutch consists of a friction disk and a "pressure plate",
so-called because it exerts spring pressure to hold the friction disk
against the flywheel in order to transfer power from the engine to the
transmission. When you press the clutch pedal, you are pressurizing a
hydraulic ram (the slave cylinder) which actuates a lever which pulls the
friction disk away from the flywheel, against the springs in the pressure
plate. If you take your foot off the clutch pedal, the springs in the
pressure plate should push the friction disk back into contact with the
flywheel, re-enabling propulsion.
So I am saying that the problem is internal to the clutch housing, possibly
broken springs in the pressure plate, or a broken clutch fork. At any rate,
it is something beyond what you are describing with the slave cylinder.
on 8/11/04 12:46 PM, Tim Holt at holtt@nacse.org wrote:
> "clutch diaphram spring" - not sure which one you mean - the spring in
> the SS? In the clutch And when you say "internal problem" you mean in
> the SS or in the clutch itself? I'm on this list to learn, not because
> I know it :^)
>
> Max Heim wrote:
>
>> Um, it's the clutch diaphragm spring that returns the clutch, not the
>> suction in the slave cylinder. If the clutch arm doesn't return, and you can
>> move it with your hand, I would say you have an internal problem.
>>
>> Think -- you need a hydraulic ram at the end of a lever arm to release the
>> clutch against the spring pressure. It should definitely return by itself.
>>
>> on 8/11/04 10:20 AM, Tim Holt at holtt@nacse.org wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hmm something else that came to mind after the fact. There's no little
>>> ring on the SS that holds the piston in. There should be, right? Its
>>> dawning on me that without that ring, the piston might get too far out,
>>> lose it's seal a bit, and then not be pulled back in when you let up on
>>> the clutch. Would that make sense?
>>>
>>> Tim Holt wrote:
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