bye bye old clutch

[hnda etr]

Originally Posted by 11cruzito11 Is something like what "hnda etr" mentioned using a pry bar. Let's see if I can explain it, damn I should of taking a picture of it. Around the bell housing on the side close to the starter there is a slot that a guide goes into the tranny side. We used a 3/8 extension (like a 5inch one) and put it thru the hole in the guide so it would face forward. Then we used the pry bar to get a hold of the teeth on the flywheel and lean it to the 3/8 extension so it would grip the pry bar and stop the flywheel from moving. Since the passenger mount is only holding the engine, i had one person holding the engine from moving sideways and another person holding the flywheel with the prybar while I torqued the bolts to the 111 ft.lbs. Hopefully I explained it good, does someone know exactly what that "guide" is exactly called?

Are you talking about the hole where the throw out bearing lever is? That's the only slot I remember by the starter...

[11cruzito11]

Originally Posted by hnda etr Are you talking about the hole where the throw out bearing lever is? That's the only slot I remember by the starter...

Its in the bell housing side of the engine, the hole is about 1/2 inch.

Let me take a look at my tranny and see where exactly it is.

[trickytwelveinch]

Originally Posted by hnda etr Actually, it's a steel hard line, not aluminum - aluminum wouldn't be able to withstand the pressure.

Yeah, whatever it is... haven't looked nor touch that area of the car in over a year so I couldn't remember.

Also, the seal that goes onto the fluid hardline (fits into the cylinder) is reusable. It's not a soft rubber that stretches out - it's a pretty firm rubber that you re-use. Buying a new slave cylinder wont help because that grommet is NOT included with a new slave cylinder you HAVE to reuse the one you have.

Yes, it is a firm rubber seal but it my case it wasn't re-usable nor was it re-usable. In my case and my buddies case buying a new slave cylinder was the solution. Also seeing how it was leaking from that area. In my case I had to purchase the whole new steel hard line.

Also, the original part A version of the slave cylinders are prone to leaking - hence why Mazda now offers a countermeasure part with the "B" revision number.

Well, that I wouldn't know- well, didn't know till I saw the post on here. I don't bother to look up daily Mazda updates/parts revisions or recalls- not till shit goes bad with the car- and that's practically never.

And please explain to me how running a stiffer pressure plate, which requires more pressure from the slave cylinder piston to push it out, does NOT contribute to failure of the slave cylinder... After all, if it takes more pressure to push the clutch pedal down, it's logical that that increased pressure would contribute to increased wear and tear... EDIT - I've done 2 slave cylinders now, so I have some experience with this...

Yeah, I guess you're right. I guess it's a matter of time (A significant amount of time/abuse) before one would eventually give out.

[hnda etr]

Originally Posted by trickytwelveinch Yes, it is a firm rubber seal but it my case it wasn't re-usable nor was it re-usable. In my case and my buddies case buying a new slave cylinder was the solution. Also seeing how it was leaking from that area. In my case I had to purchase the whole new steel hard line. Well, that I wouldn't know- well, didn't know till I saw the post on here. I don't bother to look up daily Mazda updates/parts revisions or recalls- not till shit goes bad with the car- and that's practically never. Yeah, I guess you're right. I guess it's a matter of time (A significant amount of time/abuse) before one would eventually give out.

That makes sense about the rubber sealing being included with the hard line... I couldn't imagine they would sell it separately, and I knew it didn't come with the SC - so including it with the hard line makes sense.

I didn't know about the revision until I did exactly what you're saying - I had a problem so I started looking into replacing the SC and found out about the revision.

Lenny's SC leaked right off the bat... soon as we unbolted it from the transmission, it started pouring out of the rubber dust boot... but I'm sure his has seen PLENTY of abuse with his stock clutch lol...