Look in your check book.
Check your account balance.
If you've got the time and money replace them both.
If you just want to keep rolling, only replace the broken / bad part. The
other part will let you know. Slave cylinders don't fail all at once they
give a fair amount of warning so it won't strand you anywhere.

Stan Wilder

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:40:05 -0700 Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM>
writes:
> I need to replace my clutch Master Cylinder (MC) soon.
> How do I know? The little drip on my shoe told me so.
> The clutch Slave Cylinder (SC), on the other hand,
> exhibits no leakage or other signs of impending
> failure.
>
> Some Vanagon owners claim that when the MC goes, the
> SC isn't far behind, so one should replace BOTH.
> Others say that the new, strong MC will blow the seals
> on a marginal SC so, again, replace them both.
> Yet others say (who ARE all these people, anyway?),
> "No, that's only for BRAKE slave cylinders, which
> endure far higher levels of heat and dirt and abuse.
> Don't fix what ain't broken."
>
> So what to do: replace them both, or just the leaker?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jeffrey Earl
> 1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
>
>
>
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