Hey guys, so I'm coming home from an air show on the cape this past weekend, get over the bridge, stop and go traffic no problems then I go to shift as I get off the hwy and ... nothing. I get the clutch about 7/8 of the way down and get a slight bit of pressure but not enough to swap gears w/o matching the engine rev to the gears. Thankfully I milked it to my dads shop where hopefully they will be able to check it out tomorrow, but in the meantime I'm trying to figure out what its likely to be?

I just got a brand new clutch installed back in May, I've read about it possibly being the slave cylinder? Can anyone give me some more insight into this? Also how much should I be expecting to shell out for parts etc, or is there something else its likely to be? Thanks

 

Your slave or master could be bad or your hydrolic line could have burst open. If its already at a shop then just wait for them to look at it. Its one of those three things, tomorrow you will know which.

 

1.your resevoir is empty(clutch hose has hole)
2.Your clutch hose burst
3.Slave cyl screwed up
4.Master cyl screwed up
5..............ullhm......thats it for now.

 

Same happened to me when i went to visit my sis at Yale. Got it home through stop and go(dont know how because i never tried rev matching and i had to do it the whole way). Anyway ended up being the slave cylinder...but as the other guys said, it could be slave, master, or a leak, so you gotta have it looked at.

 

ended up being the slave cylinder. the rubber bushings at the end of it i believe? was worn and started leaking. apparnetly it must have been leaking for a lil while, but i never noticed anything until it completely went empty and thats when the clutched dropped. just over 100 for labor and parts that sound about right?

 

Could have saved $60 if you did it yourself, its only a $40 part.

 

Vlasic is right you could have saved some money, but you got a good deal. In my case the slave cylinder was non repairable, so nissan ripped me for $350, they also installed a new master cylinder because they thought that was the problem, so they tried charging me 600 for the whole job but i fought back saying there was no need for a new m/c. Turned out great in my case, got both brand new cylinders for the price of one and labor. When it comes to clutch's i dont touch em, dont understand enough about it to do so.

 

There's also a $8 OEM repair kit. Mine is leaking too, so I have to add dot3 fluid every month or so. Have anyone tried to fix it with the repair kit?

 

Do you have a link to this kit by chance? Is there a kit for both the master and slave cylinders?

 

http://www.onlyfactoryparts.com/index-main.htm

Navigate through the menu to clutch hydrolic system and you will find the repair kit.

 

excellent, thanks.