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20170224_170443.jpg
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This is the reason for the wonderful time I spent on Saturday. What is depicted here is the cheap, Chinese piece of cr@p clutch slave cylinder that I replaced almost exactly a year ago.

20170227_180244.jpg
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To remove the piston seal, I used a syringe with some mineral oil in it to force the piston seal out using hydraulic pressure. Despite the lack of spring pressure, the oil poured out from the seal when using the syringe. Fluid loss was worse with t...

20170227_180501.jpg
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Again, its hard to tell from the pictures, but one can see the texture of the bottom portion of this piece.

20170227_180216.jpg
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Depicted are the constituent parts of the clutch slave cylinder. I'm not sure about the proper terminology for the parts, but from left to right we see the following:
Clutch release bearing
Bearing retainer/piston
Upper spring retainer
Spring
Dust s...

20170227_180701.jpg
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As one can see in this picture, the burrs have cut into parts of this piston/seal. I also removed quite a bit of what I can only describe as dissolved rubber during cleaning. Remember that this seal handles all of the force applied when the clutch ...

20170227_180449.jpg
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This is the piston. Well, its less of a piston than an extension of the piston. I'm going to call it a "piston follower". The actual piston is a rubber ring. This piece sits on top of the rubber ring and transfers force to the clutch re...

20170224_170648.jpg
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What is depicted here is the new slave cylinder placed in the bellhousing of the transmission. Notice that the old slave cylinder leaked fluid all over the inside of the bellhousing.

20170227_180526.jpg
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The seal is quite flexible.

20170227_180509.jpg
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One of the burrs can be plainly seen in the upper "corner" of the piece. Lack of proper surface preparation and poor quality control at the factory. These burrs have caused gouges in the seal, which is in the next image.