Ben

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Failed 6 miles from my home. Limped it back. These things fail every year on me.

I couldn't find my spare cylinder, so I asked a friend who works at a dealer in Atlanta to pick a rebuild kit up for me. And luckily they happened to have one in stock.

Slave cylinder FTL

Arkmage

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I have the same issue, I replace them every year before inspection time now. If there is enough interest I happen to have the design for a billet unit started, all I really have to do is send the prints to my custom seal guy and tell him how long I want it to last and call the CNC shop in Morgan City.

hustler

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whatever you do, don't design a coolant reroute spacer.

Mach929

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i'm on my second one in 16 years

Braineack

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cause you cant buy one from Corky or Moss right this very second....

hustler

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Sure, let me just pull this ****** out of my *** since I don't have the time to beg a machine shop to do it:

chucker

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Just curious..

What clutch are you running?

Do you figure it may have an impact on the slave's useful life?

Have you been using the OE replacements or aftermarket?

Braineack

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confused...its too hard for someone of your stature to call up Moss motors, and ask for X part number? likewise, you can't call BEGi and ask the same?

hustler

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I still have to cut a groove for the t-stat and thread that bitch. I ordered the moss part

TurboTim

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I've never changed mine. This post will jinx me though.

7 years with a ACT HD or whatever the 307ft/lb clutch combo is.

y8s

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I wonder if flushing your fluid often helps clean out the grit and prevent wear.

Stealth97

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I have had to change mine 4 times in the nearly 8 years I have owned the car. Once it left me stranded. I had been using cheap replacements, now I have a Mazda one.

Nitroracer

I was halfway home from work on friday when I had to start limping my car home. I thought the slave had gone out so I ordered a new one and when I got in there I could see it had been replaced and wasn't leaking. Getting up early tomorrow to put a new master cylinder in! :|

MX_Eva

tuesday I'm putting in a new master and slave. Ordered from mazda, only the slave went but with the car as old as it is and contaminants I'd rather replace both.

Ben

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ACT


No, it's failed with the stock clutch too.

aftermarket complete cylinders or Mazda oem rebuild kits in the oem cylinder (I keep a spare non oem, just can't find it right now)

Ben

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Theory makes sense, but my cylinder, hence fluid, is roughly 1 yr old.

y8s

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drained, flushed, refilled the whole system? til the blue ran amber, etc?

I dunno, maybe it's just shitty manufacturing.

Arkmage

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it's the choice of materials they used... the cylinder is too porous and accelerates the seal wear. It also should have had a glide ring on the piston due to the misalignment it gets.

Ben

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No, not that paranoid. Just a simple dump then fill. Perhaps that is the difference. Perhaps not.
I just picked up the rebuild kit from my friend in Atlanta, and when the sun goes down a little bit I'll go make it happen.

I hate starting any project sunday evening, no matter the scope. Wish me luck.

Ben

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The seal on the piston in the slave went bad. Replaced it with the piston, spring, and boot from the mazda rebuild kit. Car drives again. Easy repair, but a PITA. Kind of ruined the weekend (had a planned drive I missed today due to lack of part).

Matt, the fluid was still nice looking. I topped it off and bled with fluid from the same bottle I used last summer. In retrospect, I should have picked up a fresh bottle due to age. Oh well.