Well, gauging of lever movement will not indicate whether or not you have
air in the system. Maybe a more thorough explanation of your problem will
help us to help you ;)

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: David Most <mostd@JUNO.COM>
>Reply-To: mostd@JUNO.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: clutch slave cylinder question
>Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:42:00 -0500
>
>If, when a helper steps on the clutch pedal, I can see the clutch slave
>cylinder piston push the release lever down at least one inch, does this
>mean for certain that the clutch slave cylinder is working properly
>(i.e., it's not bad)?
>
>Thanks for the help,
>David
>(with stuck '87)
>
>By the way, a mechanic that I've used in California insists that the
>clutch not disengaging (my current problem) must be due to a hydraulic
>failure of some sort rather than a failure of the throw out bearing.  He
>says that a bad or broken bearing would lead to clutch slippage rather
>than an inability to get out of gear.  Any disagreements here?
>
>
>
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