Clutch slave stuck extended
 

Just put a new transmission in.

I'm trying to hook up the slave cylinder to the transmission but the rod is fully extended and its no where near lining up with the bolt holes.


Is there a way to make it so I can push the rod back into the slave cylinder?

Open the bleed screw and relieve the pressure.

I did and it wont budge. It spit a little fluid and that's all.


I ended up having to beat it back in with a screw driver and a hammer with the bleeder out.

Get a new slave then.

It's generally considered good practice- and saves time bleeding- to replace the whole system at once, master slave and hose.

Is the new transmission a different setup?
..meaning did you have an N/A and the Trans is now TII?.

Wouldn't matter.
You can't bolt a NA slave to a turbo trans (or vice-versa), nor would that cause the slave to be permanently extended.

but the new position will premature kill the internal seals on transmission swaps, now sweeping over the likely rusted previously unused area.

i've had them jam up before, it happens and you can force them back in carefully.

Well the guy said the trans came out of a s5 na which is what I put it in. But, I did have to take the mounting bracket off of one of my TII trannys to make this trans work.

My bracket from my previously installed n/a trans bolted to the trans on the sides at an angle and this trans had the bolt holes on the bottom like my TII tranny.


So I'm not 100% sure.

It got stuck extended though because the clutch pedal was pressed when I had no trans in the car.

This tranny only had 1 drain/fill hole unlike the TII trans though.

if it's na to na then it will be fine. my reference was for a turbo transmission using the na slave which will extend further.

and be sure the clutch pedal didn't drop to the floor while working on the car. which will commonly lock the slave cylinder from depressing since the port in the master cylinder is covered in the full down position(requiring cracking the bleeder to press it in).

I cracked the bleeder and had to use a screw driver and a hammer to tap it back in. Its all good and hooked up now. Just gotta bleed it in the morning and finish filling with trans fluid.