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Any danger ruining my clutch....
The bottom of the clutch housing is leaking brake fluid. I have to refill the resevoir once a week 3/4 ounces. I believe its the slave cylinder(bottom of housing) which I have on order. Anyways, is there a huge risk to ruining the disc, t/o bearing before I do the install. I have the rubber plug(to view clutch) open for it to drain out. I'm gonna probably use my other cars, but sometimes get an irresistable urge to use the baby shark. thanks fred s.
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10-10-2007, 08:59 AM
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It probably wont throw fluid up into the housing, as the fluid is staying at the very bottom of the bellhousing.
I would not spray ANY cleaner into the upper housing as you will more than likely spread the contaminating fluid around and make it more likely to slip. If your discs start to slip, pull out the clutch, clean the PP, IP (both sides), and flywheel thoroughly and scotch-brite, and spray both sides of both discs with brake cleaner or Simple Green to de-contaminate the discs. Since our clutches are so strong, this should allow enough fluid removal to get adequate clamping for continued use w/o replacing the discs. Mark (at least 12 928 clutch changes in the last 9 years)
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10-10-2007, 10:23 AM
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park the car if you have something else to drive.
if one hydraulic component is bad, the others are probably not far behind, so you might think about replacing all components at the same time. I know it's pretty expensive to do it, but you'll thank me after it's all done and you won't be worrying about the other parts for a very long time.....
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10-10-2007, 10:30 AM
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Thanks for response. The clutch was done 20 k miles ago--although that was about 19 years ago. No clutch chatter, smooth. Not even grinding in 1st or 2nd or R. However, maybe its time for an adjustment, huh. fred s
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10-11-2007, 07:26 AM
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The slave seems like an awfully boneheaded simple device to be a problem if it was replaced 20k miles ago, but the rubber hoses are a different story. I'd look at replacing rubber first.
BTW you do know what happens when the clutch runs out of fluid? I wouldn't be driving it with that much of a leak, something could be ready to burst.
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10-11-2007, 09:34 AM
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Yes,
the clutch hydraulics are using the same fluid as the braking system----- Lose clutch fluid and you'll lose the brakes as well. That's why I advocated parking the car until proper repairs can be made. 20k miles? That's maybe....4 years of typical 928 driving? Replace everything....if that's the case.
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