I'm doing a tranny swap right now S4 NA for S4 NA, I was curious does the clutch release cylinder have to come off in order to get the tranny off. Its a real bitch to reach...

Also how far does the tranny slide backwards off the input shaft.

Thanks.

 

hey there.. yea. i am too doing a tranny swap as of now.. yea, you have to get the clutch release cylinder off.. its just two bolt that holds it... if you look from your driver side fender.. you should be able to see it clearly.. its right next to the oil filter... im still in the process of mine. but i just need to get the last frEaken bolt off from mine. the top on.. some reason its not comming but yea.. anyone got anything idea or tips hit me up.. but yea.. Rued, you needa get the clutch release cylinder off dUde. its a pain but yea. you needa.. and it doesn't really slide off that far.. still im doing mine and its a s5 swap though. but its all the same im sure.. but yea. good luck dUDe.. see yA!..

aka_rocket

 

hmm yea i got the both most towards the passenger off, I still need to get the one towards the driver...not sure how imma do that one. after this its clear sailing

 

the right tools made all the difference for me. get a spacer or something like that. it shouldn't be too hard.

i also had a hard time to get that last bolt off... the one on the very top. i think it was because i had all the weight on just that one bolt. try leaving the other ones in THEN unscrew the top one.

it only took me about 4-6 hours to drop mine. i'm sure putting it back in will be even bitchier...

 

WTF is a clutch release Cylinder?

 

****WTF is a clutch release Cylinder?******

That be what some of youse guys call a *slave cylinder*.

If you remove the oil filter you'll have a much easier time removing the slave cylinder.


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Speaking of clutch cylinders, I think either my master or slave went out yesterday, because my pedal is dead, and when its depressed it does nothing at all. I cant dis-engage the clutch.
As of now I'm just going to rebuild both cylinders, and replace the slave cylinder hose with a stainless steel hose.
Any ideas on what happened?
-Ian

 

Molotovman-

buy new tokico oem replacements. nopi.com has them for $30/master and $20/slave. rebuilds aren't worth the hassle. you might want an ss line too.

 

Thanks bingoboy, I definately will buy those instead of the rebuild kits. The kits are like $45 for both from mazdatrix. I'll go the maybe 15 bucks more for new tokico oem cylinders and shipping. I was going by the mazdatrix prices for new stock Cylinders, thats why i wanted to get the rebuild kits. Thanks again.

 

yeah no problem. i bought from mazdatrix and then a friend told me about nopi. i spent twice as much as i needed to damnit...

edit: btw, the oem replacements i got from mazdatrix were tokico as well.

 

Okay smart old guy, whats the proper name?....