RotaryRyan

I want to get one at mazdatrix. Is it easy to rebuild? Im assuming it is cuz it looks like just a couple of pieces.

RotaryRyan

BTW for those who remember my last thread, I got a clutch slave hose from a local foreign parts store.

MarkPerez

No, it's not difficult. just about all the re-built kits out there are the same and you shouldn't pay more then
$12.00 dollors for a kit.. It goes back together the way it came apart so pay attention. If you can when it's apart use compressed air and blow out all of the passages. you don't have too, but a wheel cycl. hone works and fits perfect, hone out the MS before assemblying. a bench vise comes in handy right about now. you also want to 'bench prime' the MS before it goes in the car. when you push the plunger in it should be rock hard if not you didn't put it together right. if you get stumped just pm me and i'll walk you through it, cool. good luck

French RX7

Quick question for Mr. Perez: I rebuilt a new master clutch cylinder on my se but I didn't install yet. The rebuild kit comes with the piston, rubber seal, spring, and also an e-clip which I can't figure out where it goes. Also, how do you remove the oil reservoir? Thanks.

Illswyn

This is how mine came out.

Spring, cap, clear plastic piece, piston, clip- in that order.

The clip goes inside the cylinder, to hold everything in.

Then there's a larger rubber cap, it goes on the outside, last, and will be facing the firewall.

Illswyn

Here's my new bits, placed in order that they should go in the cylinder. Forgot, there's a washer, that I put inside the big rubber cap.

faye x7

All these threads of clutch woes are reminding me of mine and how I got two brand new master and slave clutch cylinders sitting up in my room that need to go in.

GavinJuice

Oh man that first picture is ugly. Makes you think what kinda **** you were pumping through your lines. Maybe your brakes are that bad too!!

MarkPerez

the reservoir comes straight off,, pull it off rubber is the only thing holding it in/on... the spring clip is the second to the last piece, the rubber boot is last. good pictures btw...

good eye on the fluid, check it out...... the next time your checking out peoples cars, check the colour of there brake/clutch fluid(s) even show cars,really ..
when the fluid turns to a dark crap,sometimes fast and sometimes it takes awhile,,anyway that means air has contaminated the fluid. it happens alot and somewhere in the system air is drawn in..

i have found that the stock or oem cms plunger to be better then the kits come with. i remove the new rubber gasket/seal and put that on my oem plunger.

r0tary noob

how does one change the fluid in the clutch hydro system???

oldskoolrx-7

while ur at it u might as well change the clutch slave just like i did at first i thought it was my clutch master that was bad but the book says..if one is bad usually the other is bad as well... just lettin you know cuz that was the case for me

French RX7

Thanks for the info, but the E-clip that came with my kit simply doesn't fit inside the cylinder. I reused the old clip, but I thought the E-clip supplied in the kit was for the oil reservoir. Gonna try to pull this sucker off tonight. Those are awesome pics by the way. And also, for anyone else having clutch problems, I noticed that my fluid was turning rather dark. Then one morning my clutch pedal was down to the floor, and all the fluid had leaked out! I rebuilt my slave cylinder and installed it, also flushed with new brake fluid, but it turned dark after a few days. It doesn't leak though and the clutch still works fine, but I know my master cylinder is bad which is why I rebuilt it also, but haven't had the time to install it. So the moral of this story is: Always replace master and slave at the same time, besides those rebuild kits are dead cheap! But you all knew that right?

RotaryRyan

If youre talking to me i already did. thats why i want to rebulid the master.