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Originally Posted by comet240
ok ya i wasnt able to pull it off my friend what i asked him to do was use the hack saw to cut it off we found out why we couldnt pull it off the clip was broken off and piece was stuck in
so u mean the slave cylinder wont work after?
you dont have any pics of the work you done from cutting etc
i dunno why they dont make a tranny with inspection plate say that u can easilly remove some stuff
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I have a feeling the slave cylinder is what's wrong now, the way you describe your problem is exactly what happened to me. I also found out afterward that the slave cylinder failing is very common, while the master cylinder is very rare. I put my old master cylinder back on and returned the new one. I've still got the original on the car now, works fine.
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Originally Posted by comet240
i read the article what is the clutch spring?? he talks about so how does something like that get bent though or over extends how that possible?
i hope i dont have to do that
but pulling hte transaxel does that let u take the bell housing off though to replace the fly wheel etc? cuz the transaxle is just the drive shaft for the wheel is it not
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The clutch diaphragm spring is what pushes the pressure plate toward the flywheel, clamping onto the clutch disc.
http://www.motorera.com/dictionary/p...agm_clutch.jpg Our cars don't have the fork as shown in this design, the slave cylinder is doughnut shaped and mounts around the transmission input shaft, which is why the transaxle must be removed. It is a part of the throwout bearing, and located where the throwout bearing is in this image.
I'll take a few pictures of where you cut the engine cradle. I meant to detail this years ago when I did it, but forgot to. I can't take credit for the idea, I read about someone else doing it, just wanted to illustrate it to make it easier.
The bellhousing stays attached to the transaxle, you remove the bellhousing from the engine and the transaxle stays attached to the bellhousing. A transaxle is basically a transmission for a FWD car. It is called that because it contains the TRANSmission and also contains the differential for the AXLE.
It's not a bad job, took me about 5-6 hours the first time I R&R'd a Cavalier transaxle, but that was on a hoist. If you end up needing to replace the slave cylinder I'll give you some tips, but for now lets hope you don't need to.