[DML] Re: Clutch cylinders

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joshua Weader" <weader@xxxx> wrote:
<SNIP>
> 2.  Someone mentioned a while ago that bleeding an existing system 
can damage
> the internal seals in the slave cylinder by forcing internal 
corrosion through
> the seals.  Is this true, and if it is, how can anyone ever bleed 
their system?
<SNIP>

This deals with contaminated hydraulic fluid. I.e. if you've got 
original fluid in the system, or it has become contaminated by water, 
dirt, etc. Once you flush the old gunk out, and replace it with 
fresh, it will destroy the OLD, ORIGINAL rubber seals in the system.

I experienced this first hand with my car. The plastic clutch line 
was replaced, but the master and slave cylinders were left alone. The 
MC reservoir developed a BIG ASS LEAK soon after (granted it was 
already resleeved and "booger welded"), as my stained carpet can 
attest to. At 26K miles, the cluch was torn up. Replaced clutch, and 
the new one was torn up after about 2,500 miles. I then replaced the 
Master and Slave with the new clutch, and my clutch has been tight as 
a drum ever since, with nice, smooth shifting, even after almost 
30,000 miles have been added to it.

My philosophy, based on my personal experience, is when waking up 
derelict car* for road use again, you're gonna need to literally bite 
the bullet, and replace ALL of your hydraulic systems ASAP! Brake 
hydraulics are a bit different. Since they are not a intensely used, 
they will last a bit longer. But will eventually fail on you none the 
less.

Once you've got everything brand new installed, just flush the system 
every 2 years per the manual, and you'll have a reliable system that 
you can forget worring about. I definetly would not consider this a 
high worry item once you've done the initial work. And believe me, 
it's not all that bad.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"

*From what I have seen, there is a HUGH difference between a dormant, 
and a derelict car. And neither have a thing to do with cosmetics. 
Dormant is where someone puts the car away for the winder, and with 
minimal work, it becomes just as road worthy as the last time it was 
parked.

Derilect is a car that time forgot. Weather it was in "investment" 
that someone bought and subsequently parked, a car that they lost 
interest in, or even where someone died, and their widow just let the 
car sit next to the sprinklers for 12 or so years and till this day I 
still can't get the damn water stains off my driver's side mirror.

Dormant cars are already on their factory reccomended maintenance 
schedules, and should need only consumable parts. Derilect cars are 
quite driveable, but will have considerably more downtime, as their 
unmaintained components will wear out more rapidly, as all those 
missed maintenance sessions will catch up with a vengance.








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