Tuesday, February 21, 2012

DeLorean Clutch Issues Resolved

As seen in an earlier post, when attempting to remove the clutch pipe from the slave cylinder, the clutch pipe snapped off right by the bolt connection on the end. I pulled the SS clutch line and hooked it directly to the slave cylinder, but the line was too close to the exhaust.

I bought a replacement clutch pipe from DMC Houston and installed it. When I went to bleed the system, the clutch pipe started leaking badly at the connection with the SS clutch line. I must not have tightened it enough. It now works flawlessly. Here is a picture of the new clutch pipe attached to the slave cylinder:

Much more space between the clutch pipe and the exhaust now compared to when the SS clutch line was hooked directly to the slave.
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Here is a picture of the old clutch master and slave cylinders once they were removed:
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The DeLorean clutch master was a Girling and the slave cylinder says Bendix. The slave still worked great, but I decided to replace both since they were originals. I don't want to repeat this job for as long as possible.

Below is a picture of the new clutch master installed. This was taken after it had been there for a few months:
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