[DeTomaso] Wrong Slave? Re: Clutch woes in Asa's garage

[larry at ohiotimecorp.com]

Asa,

Before you go off the deep end, just pull out the internal spring and toss it at a rat in the 
back alley. 

We all need to get past that point first.



Larry (rat bastard) - Cleveland




On Mon Sep  7 13:16 , Asa Jay Laughton  sent:

>Oh you guys are driving me to drink!
>
>I have looked through all the literature the club store carries... and I 
>should know..... I've got it all. 
>I can -not- for the life of me, find an exploded diagram of the clutch 
>slave cylinder, or the master for that matter.  I have no reference 
>here.  Does the stock slave come with an internal spring?  Does it come 
>with an internal snap ring?  Photos here would be soooo helpful.
>
>Doesn't anyone have a slave cylinder not installed on their car they 
>could disassemble and take photos of?  Consider it therapy to a man 
>going insane.  Please.
>
>Asa Jay
>
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
>& Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
>
>1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
>1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
>    
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>  
>
>
>
>John Taphorn wrote:
>> Mike
>>
>> I cannot recall ever seeing a Pantera slave cylinder with a circlip to 
>> retain the piston.  Original or aftermarket
>>
>> JT
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com>
>> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com>; asajay at asajay.com>; detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 1:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wrong Slave?   Re:  Clutch woes in Asa's garage
>>
>>
>>   
>>> In a message dated 9/6/09 22 31 47, julian_kift at hotmail.com writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>>>> This is all good stuff, collectively we are getting closer to resolution
>>>> I'm sure, but I have a problem with the fact the hydraulic volume 
>>>> dictates
>>>> the slave piston travel, not the rod. In a normal system what you say on
>>>> rod length is absolutely true because too short and the slave hits the 
>>>> stop
>>>> (snap ring) but in Asa Jay's case he has no snap ring to stop the piston
>>>> coming right out the slave, so I don't think he is getting the travel 
>>>> (fluid
>>>> volume) in the first place.
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>>> I confess I didn't look at his photos, and didn't realize his slave
>>>>>>           
>>> lacked a means of positively retaining the piston in the bore.   That 
>>> sounds
>>> like a potentially dangerous scenario where it could be possible through
>>> misadjustment to push the piston right out, then BLEAH brake fluid all 
>>> over the
>>> place. :
>>>
>>> Mike
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