[Healeys] Clutch woes

[Michael Salter]

One other thing regarding aluminum cylinders, such as the slave cylinder,
is NEVER hone the cylinder during a rebuild.
Aluminum cylinders have, or should have, an anodized coating on the inside
to harden the surface and prevent accelerated wear.
If you hone those cylinders you remove the coating and you will find that
the cylinder bore wears very rapidly.

M

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 2:26 PM Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:

> update--slave was pretty dirty inside but the rubber looked great--no
> obvious erosion at all.  Pulled the flex rubber line and did't see any
> defects---but will replace it anyway.  Will pull the master and rebuild it
> just in case.  It is a B***H to get to.
>
> Oh---the bleed screw on the slave is at the top where you can't get to it
> unless you remove the tunnel hump.  Assuming you can bend the rubber hose
> enough, is there any problem moving the bleed screw to the bottom?
>
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net>
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Sent: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:18:27 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [Healeys] Clutch woes
>
> Went out to do my mid-winter start up and general check of the BJ8 today.
> Pushed in the clutch---absolutely no resistance and went right to the
> floor.  Checked fluid--empty.  No obvious leaks from the master----some
> leaks on the floor---haven;t climbed under her yet, but will---suspect the
> slave.
>
> Oh well--at least it didn't happen on the road.  BTW, I'm using, and have
> been using silicone fluid for a long time------wonder if the rubber in the
> slave finally gave up.
>
> I understand there is a code # for compatible silicone fluid in
> clutch/brake applications---??
>
> tom
>
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