I drove my 83 Westy ten years.
I replaced the clutch master three times and never replaced the slave unit
although I moved it to three different transmissions. I ran Dot 4 Fluid
after the first alcohol flush in year one of ownership.

Stan Wilder
http://www.engineceramics.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill H." <starfinder88@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [clutch] MASTER and SLAVE

> People told me that last winter when I had to replace the brake master and
I
> didn't believe them. Why would they both go so closely together? Maybe
they
> were over doing the preventive maintenance a bit. Well, 4 months later I
have
> a new clutch master sitting on my desk, just waiting to replace the
leaking
> one. Get them both and get it over with.
>
> Bill H.
>
> > That's been my consistent experience in 20+ years of ownership.  When
one
> > fails the other has failed within a few months.  I'm not creating a hard
> > and
> > fast rule, just a data point.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> > Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
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